Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.

The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.

The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.

Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was singularly broken; but his courage and self-respect made him quite a dignified character.

The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America.

Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.