Frederick Douglass: “The dreams of my childhood and the purposes of my manhood were now fulfilled.”

It was born in the tempest and whirlwind of war, and has lived in a storm of violence and blood.

None now denies the ability of the colored race to acquire knowledge of anything which can be communicated to the human understanding by letters.

Old and young, sick and well, were turned loose to the open sky, naked to their enemies.

They cannot be coaxed or driven to vote with their enemies against their friends.