Frederick Douglass recognized that African Americans must play a hidden role in the struggle for egalitarianism.
=== John Brown ===On March 12, 1859, Douglass met with radical abolitionists John Brown, George DeBaptiste, and others at William Webb's house in Detroit to discuss emancipation
Douglass believed in dialogue and in making alliances across racial and ideological divides, as well as in the liberal values of the U

