Fredrick Douglass’s call for African American soldiers America was two years into the Civil War battles going back and forth and many causalities to go along with it. In the beginning of the Civil War northern refused black volunteers soldiers. As the causalities rose it pressured to allow the blacks to partake in the war. Once Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 black were started to get recruited to join the Union army. We will examine why Fredrick Douglass called out in harsh detail for black Americans to enlist in the army, what persuaded them and the impact of the message it had on the soldiers. His words led to the enlistment of many black soldiers. Fredrick Douglass knew since the start of the war that this
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Douglass believed that it was better for them to die fighting for freedom than to live the rest of their life a slave. Douglass used the “white man” words against them to ignite blacks to enlist. “They tell you it’s a “white man’s war”; you’re no better off after the war than …show more content…
With the help of Douglass says that Massachusetts being the first to break the chain of her slaves that Massachusetts was the first to allow blacks to enlist in the war, Douglass told the black men that they were going to get treated just like the white men. They are going to have the same wages, same ration, same equipment, and the same protection as a white man. These black men would be led by skillful officers that would take great pride in leading a group of all black men into war. Douglass also said that the black troops are going to get the same awards and honor that a white men would get for fighting and putting their life on the line for the country. Blacks were persuaded by the Enrollment Act of March 1863, which allowed wealthy white men to buy their way out of the military. You could do it two different ways you could pay 300 dollars communication fee or finding a substitute. As many white men were leaving the military black men started to join, which defused the use of the draft because it was so many black troops joining. Black troops were persuaded by other things like the fact that they could fight against the men that want them in
Douglass believed that it was better for them to die fighting for freedom than to live the rest of their life a slave. Douglass used the “white man” words against them to ignite blacks to enlist. “They tell you it’s a “white man’s war”; you’re no better off after the war than …show more content…
With the help of Douglass says that Massachusetts being the first to break the chain of her slaves that Massachusetts was the first to allow blacks to enlist in the war, Douglass told the black men that they were going to get treated just like the white men. They are going to have the same wages, same ration, same equipment, and the same protection as a white man. These black men would be led by skillful officers that would take great pride in leading a group of all black men into war. Douglass also said that the black troops are going to get the same awards and honor that a white men would get for fighting and putting their life on the line for the country. Blacks were persuaded by the Enrollment Act of March 1863, which allowed wealthy white men to buy their way out of the military. You could do it two different ways you could pay 300 dollars communication fee or finding a substitute. As many white men were leaving the military black men started to join, which defused the use of the draft because it was so many black troops joining. Black troops were persuaded by other things like the fact that they could fight against the men that want them in