During the Civil War, Northern African American Leaders Such as Frederick

During the Civil War, northern African American leaders such as Frederick Douglass worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that

A) it was the best way to prevent blacks from being drafted.
B) blacks were more resistant to the diseases that ravaged white soldiers in the garrisons.
C) blacks would get to see their loved ones in the South only by fighting for the Union.
D) by cooperating during the war they would be rewarded with greater civil rights after the war.
E) black participation in the army would be a step toward black citizenship.