"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

"Virginia was never nearer emancipation than when General Turner kindled the fires of insurrection at Southampton."

"I look upon the Constitution as a glorious liberty document."

"I have seen enough of slavery to know that it is a curse to the master as well as to the slave."

"A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box."