Frederick Douglass: “The waters of all the oceans would not suffice to wash out the infamy.”

A son of toil himself, he was linked in brotherly sympathy with the sons of toil in every loyal part of the republic.

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

That the mother was a slave was enough for its deadly purpose.

I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.