Frederick Douglass: “I shall here make a profession of faith which may shock some, offend others, and be dissented from by all.”

The black man (unlike the Indian) loves civilization.

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

It was perhaps better for the country and for mankind that the good man could not know the end from the beginning.