Douglass gave many speeches , he founded the north star, he improved american life through his writings, and he was the leading person to lead as a spokes person for the abolition of slavery and racial equalty
They had to defeat the Southern armies on the South's home soil.
They would have to occupy each seceding state.
State government still has their own constitution and their own laws and use the US constitution pretty much as an outline
They did more to advance the living standards of Americans than government programs ever did
