The Thing Worse Than Rebellion Is The

What I Ask For The Negro Is Not Benevolence, Not Pity, Not Sympathy, But Simply Justice. ... All I Ask Is, Give Him A Chance To Stand On His Own Legs! Let Him Alone! ... Your Interference Is Doing Him Positive Injury.

...there Are At The Present Moment Many Colored Men In The Confederate Army...as Real Soldiers, Having Muskets On Their Shoulders, And Bullets In Their Pockets, Ready To Shoot Down Loyal Troops, And Do All That Soldiers May Do To Destroy The Federal Government...there Were Such Soldiers At Manassas And They Are Probably There Still.

If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress. Those Who Profess To Favor Freedom, And Yet Depreciate Agitation, Are Men Who Want Crops Without Plowing Up The Ground. They Want Rain Without Thunder And Lightning. They Want The Ocean Without The Awful Roar Of Its Many Waters. This Struggle May Be A Moral One; Or It May Be A Physical One; Or It May Be Both Moral And Physical; But It Must Be A Struggle.

I Escaped From Slavery And Became A Leading Abolitionist And Speaker.

The Sunlight That Has Brought Life And Healing To You Has Brought Stripes And Death To Me. This Fourth Of July Is Yours, Not Mine.