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

Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves.

My hopes were never brighter than now.

Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.

If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others.

The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve.

It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.