Frederick Douglass: “Send me my grandmother! that I may watch over and take care of her in her old age.”

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.

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.

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

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.