Frederick Douglass: “Freeland, I am indebted to the genial temper and ardent friendship of my brother slaves.”

My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.

We (the people of the North) are a charitable people, and in the excess of this feeling we were disposed to put the very best construction upon the strange behavior of our southern brethren.

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

Guilty or not guilty, to be accused was to be sure of a flogging.