Frederick Douglass thought of the Civil War as an unnecessary way of ending slavery but also thought of it as a great opportunity to end it. Douglass once said," In order to be free themselves must strike the blow." Here he is saying that you must participate and fight for your beliefs in order to earn them. He was turned over to enlist African-American's from the North of New York as soldiers to fight for …showed first 75 words of 718 total…

…showed last 75 words of 718 total…living this life, he realized how he wanted to change the way things normally were into something new that would help everyone. With his efforts, there has been a drastic change from him and many others. Frederick Douglass was definitely a leader who was not afraid to stand up and make a change, and with what he did, he made a great change to the world and benefited the world with a ban on slavery.