Frederick Douglass: “To this fact the dear lady, no doubt, owed the excellent preservation of her natural goodness of heart, for slavery can…”

We are no longer four millions of slaves, but six millions of freemen.

Everywhere in the south the colored man is learning to read.

Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to benefactors, and firm in their political convictions.

Another ground of hope for our race is in the progress of education.