
Douglass’ Role in the Civil War
“A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls…
“A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls…
“The War for the Union, whether men so call it or not, is a war…
The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States…
Source: Douglass Monthly, April 1863 Let me sound once more the trump of war.…
Broadside, Rochester, March 21, 1863 When first the rebel cannon shattered the walls of Sumter…
Source: Frederick Douglass, Douglass’ Monthly, April 1863 This question has been repeatedly put to us…