Frederick Douglass: “I would have given my poor, tell tale face for the immoveable countenance of an Indian, for it was far from being proof…”

We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.

It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.

I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.