Frederick Douglass: “His assailants know this and know that he has never acted apart from the whole American people.”

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.

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

We (the people of the North) are a charitable people, and in the excess of this feeling we were disposed to put the very best construction upon the strange behavior of our southern brethren.