"I would have the Constitution torn in shreds……" — 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 its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive."
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William Wells Brown
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9 Quotes by William Wells Brown
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This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of…
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Someone must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen to…
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The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.
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All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and…
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I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.
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Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.
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When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered…
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People don't follow titles, they follow courage.
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