Those Who Profess To Favor Freedom, And

A War Undertaken And Brazenly Carried On For The Perpetual Enslavement Of Colored Men, Calls Logically And Loudly For Colored Men To Help Suppress It.

I Recognize The Republican Party As The Sheet Anchor Of The Colored Man's Political Hopes And The Ark Of His Safety.

Once You Read, You Will Be Free Forever.

I Know Of No Rights Of Race Superior To The Rights Of Humanity...

I Have Often Sung To Drown My Sorrow, But Seldom To Express My Happiness. Crying For Joy, And Singing For Joy, Were Alike Uncommon To Me While In The Jaws Of Slavery. The Singing Of A Man Cast Away Upon A Desolate Island Might Be As Appropriately Considered As Evidence Of Contentment And Happiness, As The Singing Of A Slave; The Songs Of The One And Of The Other Are Prompted By The Same Emotion.