Having despised us, it is not strange that Americans should seek to render us despicable; having enslaved us, it is natural that they should strive to prove us unfit for freedom; having denounced us as indolent, it is not strange that they should cripple our enterprises.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.

I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.

The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve.