"I am not an African, I am an American."

"I would rather be a free man and a poor one, than a rich slave."

"I have seen enough of slavery to know that it is a curse to the master as well as to the slave."

"I contend that the Negro, as a man, can and ought to be a voter, and if he cannot be one, his condition is not removed from that of a chattel."

"We have men-stealers for ministers, women-whippers for missionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members."