“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!—fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!—fortunate for the cause… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“The Irish were poor, but not enslaved. He had come here to hack away at the ropes that held American slavery in… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“ Frederick Douglass told in his Narrative how his condition as a slave became worse when his master underwent a religious conversion… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“But believe it or not, I really do like to read. I don't think anyone can ever pull the wool over your… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. I could regard them in no other… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Haiti as an independent republic accepted the invitation extended to her along with other nations, and erected a building on the World's… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“The precise ancestry of a black drug dealer or cop killer is irrelevant. His blackness predicts and explains his crime. He reinforces… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
