The Ballot Is The Only Safety.

You Are Not Judged By The Height You Have Risen, But From The Depth You Have Climbed.

Fugitive Slaves Were Rare Then, And As A Fugitive Slave Lecturer, I Had The Advantage Of Being The First One Out.

My Hopes Were Never Brighter Than Now.

If We Ever Get Free From All The Oppressions And Wrongs Heaped Upon Us, We Must Pay For Their Removal. We Must Do This By Labor, By Suffering, By Sacrifice, And, If Needs Be, By Our Lives, And The Lives Of Others.

I Could, As A Free Man, Look Across The Bay Toward The Eastern Shore Where I Was Born A Slave.