Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.
Frederick DouglassA man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
Frederick DouglassThe law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected.
Frederick DouglassThere are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers , but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may to destroy the Federal Government and build up that of the traitors and rebels.
Frederick Douglass