Frederick Douglass: “With only eight men in that bitter war, he met, fought and captured Henry Clay Pate, with twenty-five well armed and…”

If I have had kicks, I have also had kindness.

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

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

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