Frederick Douglass: “The glorious doctrines of your revolutionary fathers, and the more glorious teachings of the Son of God, are construed…”

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.

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.