I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted

Quote by Frederick Douglass

Topics: Slavery Quotes

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes...

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes...

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old...

In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old...

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower,...

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower,...

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough,...

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough,...

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the...

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the...

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to...

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to...

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the...

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the...

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops...

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops...

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out...

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where...

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where...

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to...

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to...

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule...

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule...

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one...

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one...

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth...

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth...