If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
Frederick DouglassMen and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine
Frederick DouglassNo people to whom liberty is given can hold it as firmly and wear it as grandly as those who wrench their liberty from the iron hand of the tyrant.
Frederick DouglassFrom my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom. This good spirit was from God, and to him I offer thanksgiving and praise.
Frederick Douglass