Douglas in the article shows slavery as leaves on a tree being plucked down to the branch. He shows how slaves work down to the bone only to barley survive enough to do more work the next day. He shows how if they wouldn’t find a peaceful way to release the hold of slavery their would be rebellions. He wants the government to let African Americans to have the same and equal rights as a white man. This would be fair to the White and African Americans.
When Douglas wrote to Lincoln his letters only demands were to be recognized as a human just the