Question

This is not time to fight with one hand, when both are needed, this is no time to fight only with your white hand, and allow your black hand to remain tied. A man drowning would not refuse to be saved even by a colored hand. Frederick Douglass, September 1861.

In this excerpt, Frederick Douglass is arguing that African Americans should —


participate in slave revolts
demand the right to an education
be allowed to serve in the army
be given the right to vote

Answer 1

C. be allowed to serve in the army
Explanation: “This is not time to fight worth one hand, when both are needed” this indicates that the army would not let African Americans serve because as the excerpt mentions “...allowing your black hand to be tied.” They would not even let the African Americans fight with them.