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Frederick Douglass Argumentative Analysis

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Frederick Douglass knew that the war would not be fought by only white men as soon as the Confederate cannons fired on Fort Sumter. At the beginning the white soldiers were reluctant to Blacks fight the war, but after the death toll became too much they finally caved in. When this happened many free blacks went and joined the Union army. This made Douglass happy since he saw justice in fighting the confederacy with free blacks. Douglass despite Lincoln saying otherwise, said that the war was about slavery. He new that if they didn’t take the chance now than they would never have the chance again. To him is was the time to secure blacks rights. He promised that the black soldiers would be equal to the white soldiers, he said that you need

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