... there are no chains so galling as the chains of ignorance--no fetters so binding as those that bind the soul, and exclude it from the vast field of useful and scientific knowledge. O, had I received the advantages of… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow. — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
... continual hard labor deadens the energies of the soul, and benumbs the faculties of the mind; the ideas become confined, the mind barren, and, like the scorching sands of Arabia, produces nothing; or, like the uncultivated soil, brings forth thorns and thistles. Again, continual hard labor irritates our tempers and sours our dispositions; the whole system become worn out… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share
Take us generally as a people, we are neither lazy nor idle; and considering how little we have to excite or stimulate us, I am almost astonished that there are so many industrious and ambitious ones to be found - although I acknowledge, with extreme sorrow, that there are some who never were and never will be serviceable to society.… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share
Possess the spirit of independence. The Americans do, and why should not you? Possess the spirit of men, bold and enterprising, fearless and undaunted. Sue for your rights and privileges. Know the reason that you cannot attain them. Weary them with your importunities. You can but die, if you make the attempt; we shall certainly die if you do not.… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share
give the man of color an equal opportunity with the white, from the cradle to manhood, and from manhood to the grave, and you… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue?… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
All the nations of the earth are crying out for liberty and equality. Away, away with tyranny and oppression! — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Many think, because your skins are tinged with a sable hue, that you are an inferior race of beings; but God does not consider… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will. — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States, and… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
