Frederick Douglass: “Life is not lightly regarded by men of sane minds.”

It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.

Human liberty excludes all idea of home and abroad.