Frederick Douglass: “It is our lot to live among a people whose laws, traditions, and prejudices have been against us for centuries, and from…”

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.

It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.