I look upon the time, money, and labor bestowed upon it, as being amply rewarded, in the development of my own mental and moral energies, and in the corresponding development of my deeply injured and oppressed people.
Describing the profound personal and communal benefits he found in dedicating his efforts to the abolitionist cause and his newspaper.
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The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.
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.
An exceptionally poor and dependent people will be despised by the opulent and despise themselves.