Frederick Douglass: “I agree with you, that this system is now at the bar of public opinion—not only of this country, but of the whole…”

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

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

I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.

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