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Question: 168
2. Douglass believes the work of the Anti-Slavery Society should not be considered complete until
- A. slavery is abolished
- B. black men in the South are able to vote
- C. blacks can move freely between the South and the North
- D. black men of the North and South have the right to vote
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
D is correct. Douglass believed that "the work of the American Anti-Slavery Society will not have been completed until the black man of the South, and the black men of the North, shall have been admitted, fully and completely, into the body politic of America." He specifically mentions that voting rights should be extended equally to all black men. He does not advocate voting rights only for black men in the South (choice B) and he does not mention that voting rights should be extended to everyone (choice E). Douglass advocates the abolition of slavery as the "mission of the war," but he believes that the work of the Anti-Slavery Society should go beyond this goal to the greater goal of setting the same conditions for voting for black men and white men.