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title: "2 Struggle Rights Quotes By William Wells Brown"
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> [The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/the-last-struggle-for-our-rights-the-battle-for-our-civilization-is/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

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> [The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/the-last-great-struggle-for-our-rights-the-battle-for-our-own/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

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## More by William Wells Brown

> [This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/this-is-called-the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-brave-it-is/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [People don't follow titles, they follow courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/people-don-t-follow-titles-they-follow-courage/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/the-last-struggle-for-our-rights-the-battle-for-our-civilization-is/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/when-this-boy-was-brought-to-dr-young-his-name-being-william-the-same/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/someone-must-show-that-the-afro-american-race-is-more-sinned-against/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [The duty I owe to the slave, to truth, and to God, demands that I should use my pen and tongue so long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/the-duty-i-owe-to-the-slave-to-truth-and-to-god-demands-that-i-should/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [Though slavery is thought, by some, to be mild in Missouri, when compared with the cotton, sugar and rice growing states, yet no part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/though-slavery-is-thought-by-some-to-be-mild-in-missouri-when/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/the-last-great-struggle-for-our-rights-the-battle-for-our-own/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/all-i-demand-for-the-black-man-is-that-the-white-people-shall-take/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/despotism-increases-in-severity-with-the-number-of-despots-the/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/i-would-have-the-constitution-torn-in-shreds-and-scattered-to-the/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

> [I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/i-was-not-only-hunting-for-my-liberty-but-also-hunting-for-my-name/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

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