Frederick Douglass: “They are, therefore, rapidly sinking all other questions to nothing, compared with the increasing demands of slavery.”

The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.

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

The black man (unlike the Indian) loves civilization.

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