Those dear souls, who came to my Sabbath school, came not because it was popular or reputable to attend such a place, for they came under the liability of having forty stripes laid on their naked backs.
Douglass describes the danger faced by enslaved people who attended his secret Sabbath school to learn to read.
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The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
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.
My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.