Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.
A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. ... All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone! ... Your interference is doing him positive injury.
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.