... 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… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
... 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,… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Take us generally as a people, we are neither lazy nor idle; and considering how little we have to excite or stimulate us, I… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Possess the spirit of independence. The Americans do, and why should not you? Possess the spirit of men, bold and enterprising, fearless and undaunted.… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
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
