Archibald Henry Grimké: “War now is no longer glorious, for it adds immeasurably to the sum of human misery.”

All these requisites were wanting to the man whose sole possession seemed an indomitable will, a faith in himself, and in the righteousness of his cause, which nothing could shake, nor disappointment nor difficulty, however great, was able…

It is true many a cheek burns with shame in view of our national inconsistency, and many a heart bleeds for the miserable African.

It would reappear as Negro serfdom unless placed in the way of utter extinction.

Sirs, I am not come to tell you that slavery is a curse, debasing in its effects, cruel in its operations, fatal in its continuance.