Archibald Henry Grimké: “I can not repeat too often that such monstrous depression of a part of Southern labor is not less bad for the whites…”

I would not take the word of a Southern Court on this point.

For myself, I had rather rob any bank to an indefinite amount than kidnap a fellow-being, or hold him in bondage; the sin would be less injurious to society, and less sinful in the sight of God.

Then you had better let all your irons burn than neglect your duty to the slave.

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…