Frederick Douglass: “A slanderous charge against Negro morality has gone forth throughout the world and has been widely credited.”

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

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

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.

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.