The duty I owe to the slave, to truth, and to God, demands that I should use my pen and tongue so… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves. — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
Someone must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen to me to do so.… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
The duty I owe to the slave, to truth, and to God, demands that I should use my pen and tongue so long as… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
Though slavery is thought, by some, to be mild in Missouri, when compared with the cotton, sugar and rice growing states, yet no part… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous. — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name. — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
