Frederick Douglass: “The great idea of impartial liberty is now fairly before the American people.”

Guilty or not guilty, to be accused was to be sure of a flogging.

I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.

Human liberty excludes all idea of home and abroad.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.