Frederick Douglass: “We must remember that these people have not now and have never had any such respect for human life as is common to other…”

To make a man a slave was to rob him of moral responsibility.

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.

The black man (unlike the Indian) loves civilization.

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