Frederick Douglass: “One great source of independence that has been sought by multitudes of our white fellow-citizens is still open to us--we…”

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

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

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.

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