I Know No Class Of My Fellowmen,

Slaves Were Expected To Sing As Well As To Work. A Silent Slave Was Not Liked, Either By Masters Or Overseers.

What I Ask For The Negro Is Not Benevolence, Not Pity, Not Sympathy, But Simply Justice. ... All I Ask Is, Give Him A Chance To Stand On His Own Legs! Let Him Alone! ... Your Interference Is Doing Him Positive Injury.

Vainly You Talk About Voting It Down. When You Have Cast Your Millions Of Ballots, You Have Not Reached The Evil. It Has Fastened Its Root Deep Into The Heart Of The Nation, And Nothing But God's Truth And Love Can Cleanse The Land. We Must Change The Moral Sentiment.

They Who Study Mankind With A Whip In Their Hands Will Always Go Wrong.

Once You Learn To Read, You Will Be Forever Free.