Frederick Douglass: “Does a slave look dissatisfied with his condition?”

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

It was perhaps better for the country and for mankind that the good man could not know the end from the beginning.

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

My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.