into the shape and form of which they stood before this slave-holding rebellion. douglass built up a rage against those who would defend and spread the atrocities of slavery. but he feels the pressure. the pressure to be an example of peaceful protest. douglass works hard to reconcile the duality. so he transforms his rage into prose, and uses his sharp intellect and eloquent speech to deliver his message in a way the president and the rest of america can no longer ignore. r naon ion f, can you not see oue? and the ly choice is abolition or destruction. the only choice we have left is abolition or destruction. we must abolish slavery or abandon this union. we must abolish slavery. [ echoing ] do you hear me? do you hear me? when you start reading douglass in the newspaper, you see that he is now endorsing physical force and political activity.
robert e. lee s confederates are more than willing to die for the rebel cause. prepare for the enemy advance. but union troops are beginning to lose faith. despite pressure from his own generals to emancipate the slaves, lincoln still refuses to act forcing frederick douglass to escalate his war of words. president lincoln has repeatedly interfered with the anti-slavery policies of some of his most earnest and reliable generals. but he can never put back the scattered pieces of this union into the shape and form of which they stood before this slave-holding rebellion. douglass built up a rage against those who would defend and spread the atrocities of slavery. but he feels the pressure. the pressure to be an example of peaceful protest. douglass works hard to reconcile the duality. so he transforms his rage into prose, and uses his sharp intellect and eloquent speech to delive president era can gentlemen, can you not see