Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom.

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.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

I hear the mournful wail of millions!