Frederick Douglass: “The policy that emancipated and armed the negro—now seen to have been wise and proper by the dullest—was not certainly…”

I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.

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

Human liberty excludes all idea of home and abroad.

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.