Frederick Douglass: “If the measures then in controversy between the parties were now submitted to the American people, I fully believe they…”

Everywhere in the south the colored man is learning to read.

We are no longer four millions of slaves, but six millions of freemen.

Another ground of hope for our race is in the progress of education.

Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to benefactors, and firm in their political convictions.