Frederick Douglass: “I consented, and he called me by my present name—the one by which I have been known for three and forty years—Frederick…”

The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.