Frederick Douglass: “The cry was raised, “Here goes; who bids cash?” Think of it—a man and wife to be sold!”

If I have had kicks, I have also had kindness.

Father he might be, and not be husband, and could sell his own child without incurring reproach, if in its veins coursed one drop of African blood.

True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.

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.