What To The Slave Is The 4th

Our Community Belongs To Us And Whether It Is Mean Or Majestic, Whether Arrayed In Glory Or Covered In Shame, We Cannot But Share Its Character And Destiny.

I Do Not Think Much Of The Good Luck Theory Of Self-made Men. It Is Worth But Little Attention And Has No Practical Value.

Self-made Men Are The Men Who Owe Little Or Nothing To Birth, Relationship, Friendly Surroundings; To Wealth Inherited Or To Early Approved Means Of Education; Who Are What They Are, Without The Aid Of Any Favoring Conditions By Which Other Men Usually Rise In The World And Achieve Great Results.

Having Despised Us, It Is Not Strange That Americans Should Seek To Render Us Despicable; Having Enslaved Us, It Is Natural That They Should Strive To Prove Us Unfit For Freedom; Having Denounced Us As Indolent, It Is Not Strange That They Should Cripple Our Enterprises.

I Could, As A Free Man, Look Across The Bay Toward The Eastern Shore Where I Was Born A Slave.