I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave. Frederick Douglass baybeareastern Change image and share on social
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. Frederick Douglass expectgenerallysing Change image and share on social
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. Frederick Douglass agitationcropdeprecate Change image and share on social
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass classconspiracydegrade share on social
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Frederick Douglass answerlegpray Change image and share on social
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass progressstruggle Change image and share on social
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted. Frederick Douglass findslavething Change image and share on social
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. Frederick Douglass futuremakepast Change image and share on social
What to the Slave is the 4th of July. Frederick Douglass 4thjulyslave Change image and share on social
Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Frederick Douglass abolitionistanswerask share on social
