Compare And Contrast Lincoln And Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass, a former slave who escaped and became an abolitionist, fought for the freedom of slaves. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, also fought for the abolishment of slavery. Lincoln and Douglass had the same ideas but they wanted them executed differently. Lincoln wanted equality peacefully, and Douglass wanted it through force. Douglas said “For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower but thunder” (pg.292). Douglass tried to get his point across by teaching white people what they’re really doing to slaves. He tried to get them to realize that their actions will have consequences. He used God in his speeches to show what the white people were doing was a crime against