I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimesโa justifier of the most appalling barbarityโฆa shelter underโฆwhich the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection
Frederick DouglassVainly you talk about voting it down. When you have cast your millions of ballots, you have not reached the evil. It has fastened its root deep into the heart of the nation, and nothing but God's truth and love can cleanse the land. We must change the moral sentiment.
Frederick DouglassThere is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Frederick Douglass