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Why Frederick Douglass Wanted Black Men to Fight in the Civil War He believed that, as soldiers, men of color could gain self-respect, self-defense skills and an undeniable justification for the rights of citizenship. Author: James Presley Ball/Cincinnati Museum Center/Getty Images He believed that, as soldiers, men of color could gain self-respect, self-defense skills and an undeniable justification for the rights of citizenship. During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass used his stature as the most prominent African American social reformer, orator, writer and abolitionist to recruit men of ...