Question

Use the excerpt to answer the following question.

[A]bolish slavery in all its forms and aspects, advocate universal emancipation, exalt the standard of public morality, and promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the colored people, and hasten the day of freedom to the three millions of our enslaved fellow countrymen.
— Frederick Douglass, explaining goals for his newspaper, North Star

This excerpt shows that Frederick Douglass believed

Group of answer choices

slaves should be freed by any means possible.

slaveholders should be imprisoned for violating the rights of slaves.

slaveholders should free slaves and pay them for their years of forced service.

all people should be free and have equal rights.

Answer 1

All people should be free and have equal rights

Step-by-step explanation:

He is saying even more than freeing slaves, ABOLISH it (rid of it completely). The lines "...exalt the standard of public morality, and promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the colored people..." suggest that he wants more than just freedom, he wants equal rights.