Frederick Douglass: “With us it was a doubtful liberty at most, and almost certain death if we failed.”

That the mother was a slave was enough for its deadly purpose.

The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.

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

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.