Frederick Douglass: “I could live for the slave, but he could die for him.”

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.

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

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

Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.