Frederick Douglass: “It was in my estimation an immense gain to have the war for the Union committed to the extinction of Slavery, even from…”

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

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

The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.

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.