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

"The American people have always been a patient people; but there is a limit to the endurance of every people."

"Virginia was never nearer emancipation than when General Turner kindled the fires of insurrection at Southampton."

"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs."

"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."