Frederick Douglass: “They were noble souls; they not only possessed loving hearts, but brave ones.”

But whether it shall come late or come soon will depend mainly upon ourselves.

The fact that we have endured wrongs and hardships, which would have destroyed any other race, and have increased in numbers and public consideration, ought to strengthen our faith in ourselves and our future.

Pardon me, therefore, for urging upon you, my people, the importance of saving your earnings; of denying yourselves in the present, that you may have something in the future, of consuming less for yourselves that your children may have a…

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