On December 3, 1847, Douglass moved to Rochester, New York and started a newspaper called the North Star.1 It was praised by abolitionists but looked down upon by some because it was made by an ex-slave.2 At this time, Douglass was drawing away from Garrison's ideas, which were that slavery could be solved through peaceful means but Douglass believed that only through war could slavery be abolished.2 During the Civil War, Douglass also helped Lincoln on several different issues such as the evacuation of slaves in case the Civil War was lost.3 During that time, Douglass supported the rais...

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