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

Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine

Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.

Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.

If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all the nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.

It is the mission of the printer to diffuse light and knowledge by a judicious intermingling of black with white.