Frederick Douglass: “In my letters and speeches, I have generally aimed to discuss the question of Slavery in the light of fundamental…”

Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.

The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.

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