Question

president lincoln did me the honor to invite me to discuss the best way to persuade the slaves in the rebel states to escape. lincoln was alarmed about the increasing opposition to the war in the north, and the mad cry against it being an abolition war. lincoln worried that northerners who opposed the war would force him to accept an early peace which would leave all those who had not escaped in slavery.
i was impressed by this kind consideration because before he had said that his goal was to save the union, with or without slavery. what he said on this day showed a deeper moral conviction against slavery than i had ever seen before in anything spoken or written by him. i listened with the deepest interest and profoundest satisfaction, and, at his suggestion, agreed to organize men who would go into the rebel states, and carry the news of emancipation, and urge the slaves to come within our boundaries....
i refer to this conversation because i think that, on mr. lincoln’s part, it is evidence that the proclamation, so far at least as he was concerned, was not passed merely as a `necessity.
stop & jot question
according to douglass, what was happening in the north in 1863?
what was lincoln worried about?

Explanation:

Question 1: What was Lincoln worried about?

From the text, Lincoln was worried that Northerners who opposed the war would force him to accept an early peace, which would leave those who had not escaped slavery (in rebel states) still in slavery. Also, there was increasing opposition to the war in the North, with a "mad cry against it being an abolition war".

The text shows that in the North in 1863, there was increasing opposition to the war, a "mad cry against it being an abolition war", and Northerners who opposed the war wanted to force Lincoln to accept an early peace (which would leave slaves who hadn't escaped in slavery).

Answer:

Lincoln was worried that Northerners opposing the war would force him to accept an early peace (leaving non - escaped slaves in slavery) and about the increasing opposition to the war in the North (with cries against it being an abolition war).

Question 2: According to Douglass, what was happening in the North in 1863?