A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft, grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The Constitutional framers were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate of our prison stands half open. One gallant… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
My theory of self-made men is, then, simply this; that they are men of work. Whether or not such men have acquired… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
...there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate Army...as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Men of Color, To Arms! The case is before you. This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it, and forever wipe… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“A treacherous President stood in the way; and it can be easily seen how reluctant good men might be to admit an apostasy which… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“But I should be false in the earliest sentiments of my soul, if I suppressed the opinion. I prefer to be true to myself,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes—a justifier of the most appalling… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
