Compare And Contrast Lincoln And Frederick Douglass

The outcome of the Civil War marked the unity of the Union and Confederates as one nation. Antislavery politics and radical reform movement were on the same side when it came to the idea of opposing slavery but each organization had their own beliefs. Fredrick Douglass was the leader of the radical reform while President Abraham Lincoln served as the political head of the antislavery reform. Although, theses two leaders didn’t “see eye to eye” on the goal of the war they both wanted to end the inhuman slavery system for once and for all. Douglass and Lincoln had different motives for wanting to abolish slavery. Douglass knew the hardship of being part of the slavery system from first hand experience, although, during this time he was a “free …show more content…
The Republicans wanted to solve the problem through antislavery legislation while the radical reformers were quickly rash calling to go to war (94). These were the different ideology of the organizations that influence the methods that Lincoln and Douglass used to abolish slavery. Douglass was impulsive and narrow minded in the sense he only saw one solution to slavery which was the unions going into. As for Lincoln he was the President of the United States who had principles to uphold (132). For instance, he had to make sure the people were satisfied because the United States is base on the Constitution; in which a right is that the United States is for the people and the United States. This gave the people the authority over who could stay in office or be impeached. Therefore, he couldn’t be rash because he wants the union to be a whole regardless of the issue plus he was the face of America. Instead he projected his approach through his …show more content…
Lincoln tried to implement multiple antislavery policies to satisfy these states. He was able to rebuke the Fugitive Slave Act, which made slaves as an illegal import. The slaves from the south were given their freedom. Although, this was a good thing Douglass wasn’t satisfied he wanted national emancipation. The republican tried to solve problems without violence at first before such measures. During the war blacks enter the army to help the north. This was an advantage for the north because they had people who were passionate for what they were fighting for. At first Lincoln try not to use his power as commander and chief to issue the emancipation of slaves but at the end he did when he was reelected. The radicals finally got what they long proceeded for. Blacks soon became worried again when Lincoln was assassinated and Johnson took over. They were not allowed to vote, which brought them back to the same place they were before. Soon the fourteenth amendment came in place, which let the African Americans progress in society (263). Both radical and reforms were fighting for the same cause; even though they had different ideas to meet its end. The radicals fueled and applied pressure on the antislavery legislator to change the nation. As a result, the nation became one whole due to the actions of Lincoln and