Douglass was played significant role in the civil war by convincing Lincoln that the main focus of the war should be the abolishment of slavery and influenced a large amount of blacks to fight for the Union. ... Douglas also took anti-slavery matters into his own hands and turned his Rochester house into a station for the Underground Railroad, where he and other antislavery activists helped many fleeing slaves reach their safe ground in Canada. Douglass played a crucial role during the civil war; it was Douglass that convinced Lincoln that the war was more than just the preservation of the...

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