You had better all die - die immediately, than live as slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity.
Henry Highland GarnetIn every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man.
Henry Highland GarnetIn every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man. Brethren, your oppressors aim to do this. They endeavor to make you as much like brutes as possible. When they have blinded the eyes of your mind-when they have embittered the sweet waters of the light which shines from the word of God-then, and not till then has American slavery done its perfect work.
Henry Highland GarnetResistance! Resistance! No oppressed people have ever secured their liberty without resistance!
Henry Highland Garnet