Frederick Douglass quotes

“When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.”

— Frederick Douglass

“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.”

— Frederick Douglass

“What to the Slave is the 4th of July.”

— Frederick Douglass

“I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.”

— Frederick Douglass

“Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.”

— Frederick Douglass