It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.
Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
Money is the measure of morality, and the success or failure of slavery as a money-making system, determines with many whether...it should be maintained or abolished.
I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.
Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.
Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.
Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.
Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedoms.
Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.
The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither.
I hear the mournful wail of millions!
A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.