"The destiny of the colored American, however, is not a question for the colored people themselves, but for the American people at large."

"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs."

"My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behol…"

"Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is…"

"The man who is not a Abolitionist is a slaveholder."