Frederick Douglass: “At any rate, the eight years to come are as full of promise as were the eight that are past.”

For the moment the northern lamb was transformed into a lion, and his roar was terrible.

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

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

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