Andrew Johnson's unpopular views on race #history #podcast #booktok

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]But, when you read his speeches that were so popular, there's also no He doesn't hide his views on race at all.

[00:00:09]Right? So, so that So, it's I mean, it's it's it's kind of strange because at the same time that he's running on a ticket that is pro-emancipation, he's also absolutely clear that his views on race have not really changed, that he doesn't give a fig for African Americans, and that there is one purpose for the war, and that is to win it and to put the Union back together, and then everything goes back to normal.

[00:00:36]>> [snorts] >> And so, you know, he's I think you can This whole argument of what the Republican Party stood for and where the country was going in 1864, his popularity, him being put on the ticket, I think it does speak to the limits of what people were voting for when they voted for Lincoln and the National Union Party in 1864.