write:For Douglass as forother African Americans the war had personal significance. Compare Douglass’s view of Mexico and Mexicans with the views ofother people writing during this

Douglass educatedhimself
eventually bought his freedom
and became a vocalopponent of slavery. Published toward the end of the war in hisnewspaper
the North Star
Douglass’s condemnation expressedmany African Americans’ views of the conflict. For Douglass
as forother African Americans
the war had personal significance.Compare Douglass’s view of Mexico and Mexicans with the views ofother people writing during this period
including Walt Whitman
Susan Shelby Magoffin
and John Slidell.We have no preference for parties
regarding this slaveholdingcrusade. The one is as bad as the other. The friends of peace havenothing to hope from either. The Democrats claim the credit ofcommencing
and the Whigs monopolize the glory of votingsupplies and carrying on the war; branding the war as dishonorably