Slaves Are Generally Expected To Sing As

It Is Easier To Build Strong Children Than To Repair Broken Men.

No Man Can Put A Chain About The Ankle Of His Fellow Man Without At Last Finding The Other End Fastened About His Own Neck.

It Was Unlawful, As Well As Unsafe, To Teach A Slave To Read.

Freedom Is A Road Seldom Traveled By The Multitude.

Though Conscious Of The Difficulty Of Learning Without A Teacher, I Set Out With High Hope, And A Fixed Purpose, At Whatever Cost Of Trouble, To Learn How To Read.