Frederick Douglass: “Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to benefactors, and firm…”

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.

I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.

Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.

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