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A 5 page paper which examines various reform movements of the 19th century and how Frederick Douglass addressed these problems. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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with a lack of true organization in relationship to the movements that emerged. In essence, it was a new time that called for a great deal of action but also
incited a great deal of uncertainty about what direction any given reform path should take. For many decades, over a century, the nation had relied heavily upon slavery and with
the freeing of the slaves the nation had to look to many new paths in the pursuit of a positive future. One of the most powerful and influential men of
this time was Frederick Douglass. Once a slave himself he was a man whom Abraham Lincoln consulted with in devising possibilities for the future. The following paper examines reform movements
and the involvement of Frederick Douglass based largely on Nathan Irvin Huggins book Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglas. Reform Movements of the 19th Century: Frederick
Douglass As mentioned, there were many problems facing the United States in the 19th century. Among these problems were civil rights for the African Americans, womens rights and slavery, prior
to the Civil War. Frederick Douglass was a man involved in all of these issues to some extent, although more largely involved in slavery and civil rights issues. He became
a free man prior to the Civil War and it was during the Civil War that he began to work alongside Abraham Lincoln in many ways, although differently. They met
a few times and primarily shared some of the same goals in seeking peace and freedom, but they were also very different and in these respects one can perhaps see
how Douglass was a man who approached reform movement in a less political way than did Lincoln. It can well be understood, and is illustrated throughout Huggins work, that
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