Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined.

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

The opposite of compromise is character.

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.