... it is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.

All the nations of the earth are crying out for liberty and equality. Away, away with tyranny and oppression!

Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States, and excite in his bosom a lively, deep, decided and heart-felt interest.

Am I not a woman and a sister?