Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

Quote by Frederick Douglass

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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...

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend...

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend...

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage...

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage...

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...

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers...

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers...

I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery...

I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery...

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is...

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is...

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

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,...

One and God make a majority.

One and God make a majority.

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.

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...

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at...

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at...

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...

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color...

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color...

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100,...

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100,...

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic...

I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic...