Question

In the excerpt, Frederick Douglass says, "This is our chance, and woe betide us if we fail to embrace it." What was Frederick Douglass hoping to do when he said this?

Answer 1

Frederick Douglass was hoping to encourage the enlistment of African-Americans in the Union for the Civil War, it was a significant event. He hoped they would be granted many rights, which couldn't be denied due to their fight against the Confederates.