thousands of americans while a pandemic raged due in part to his own incompetence. even while constantly surrounded by red, white, and blue, that man never bothered to learn the real history of this great nation, remaining deliberately ignorant regarding some of its most historical figures. >> frederick douglass is an example of someone who has done an amazing job who is being recognized more and more i noticed. >> the former president was rightly mocked for that comment, as it portrayed the depth of his historical ignorance surrounding one of the greatest americans who ever lived. frederick douglass of course was a renowned abolitionist who escaped the brutality of american slavery at the # age of 21 and went on to become an unparalleled writer, orator and driver of social change. he gave one of the most