Frederick Douglass: “I felt as one may be supposed to feel before being led forth to be executed for some great offense.”

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

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.

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

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