Source: What the Black Man Wants, Frederick Douglass, 1865 "It is said that we are ignorant, admit it. But if we know enough to be hung, we know enough to vote. If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to
support government, he knows enough to vote, taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight
for the flag for the government, he knows enough to vote. What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
How did the Civil War transform the lives of African Americans politically and socially? Do the ideas in the quote from Frederick Douglass
become a reality for African Americans? Explain.