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I had never realized what grand things air and sunlight are till I had been deprived of them.

Why allow the tendrils of the heart to twine around objects which may at any moment be wrenched away

Ah, if he had ever been a slave he would have known how difficult it was to trust white men.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

I admit that the black man is inferior. But what is it that makes him so? It is the ignorance in which white men compel him to live;

Take courage, Willie; brighter days will come by and by.

They all spoke kindly of my dead mother, who had been a slave merely in name, but in nature was noble and womanly.

I resolved not to be conquered again.

My Master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

The scripture says "oppression makes it even a wise man mad" ...

I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I

to render me miserable. He

These God-breathing machines are no more, in the sight of their masters, than the cotton they plant, or the horses they

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment

They had never felt slavery; and, when it was too late, they were convinced of its reality. When

Would that I had more ability! But my heart is so full, and my pen is so weak!

Moreover, they thought he had spoiled his children, by teaching them to feel that they were human beings.

The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark clouds

It seemed as if I were born to bring sorrow on all who befriended me, and that was the bitterest drop in the bitter cup of my life.

Satan's church is here below; Up to God's free church I hope to go.

As I was about to open the street door, Sally laid her hand on my shoulder, and said, "Linda, is you gwine all

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

Do you know that I have a right to do as I like with you, - that I can kill you, if I please?" "You