Frederick Douglass: “By law, by the constitution of the United States, slavery has no existence in our country.”

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

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.

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.

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