Masur, John Burt, and George Kateb, Harvard University Press is certainly keeping pace. With books on Lincoln from Harold Holzer, Louis P. Lincoln himself remains the subject of scrutiny and celebration as the nation marks the 150 th anniversary of that major step toward the abolition of American slavery. Quote 14: "Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system, and hastening the glad day of deliverance to the millions of my brethren in bonds-faithfully relying upon the power of truth, love, and justice, for success in my humble efforts-and solemnly pledging my self anew to the sacred cause,-I subscribe myself, FREDERICK DOUGLASS." Appendix, pg.In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln gave notice that he intended to free the slaves held in states still in rebellion against the Union, a promise fulfilled by the Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. Quote 13: "He received all the benefits of slaveholding without its evils while I endured all the evils of a slave, and suffered all the care and anxiety of a freeman." Chapter 11, pg. Quote 12: "But, by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder." Chapter 10, pg. I did not hesitate to let it be known of me, that the white man who expected to succeed in whipping, must also succeed in killing me." Chapter 10, pg. Quote 11: "My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died the dark night of slavery closed in upon me and behold a man transformed into a brute!" Chapter 10, pg. Quote 10: "I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. Quote 9: "Will not a righteous God visit for these things?" Chapter 8, pg. Quote 8: "A single word from the white men was enough-against all our wishes, prayers, and entreaties-to sunder forever the dearest friends, dearest kindred, and strongest ties known to human beings." Chapter 8, pg. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master-to do as he is told to do.'" Chapter 6, pg. Quote 7: "'If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon." Chapter 6, pp. The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. ![]() Quote 6: "But, alas! this kind heart had but a short time to remain such. This good spirit was from God, and to him I offer thanksgiving and praise." Chapter 5, pg. ![]() Quote 5: "From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom. Quote 4: "it was worth a half-cent to kill a 'nigger,' and a half-cent to bury one." Chapter 4, pg. Quote 3: "'It is better that a dozen slaves suffer under the lash, than that the overseer should be convicted, in the presence of the slaves, of having been at fault.'" Chapter 4, pg. Quote 2: "It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave but to be a poor man's slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!" Chapter 3, pg. Quote 1: "The whisper that my master was my father, may or may not be true and, true or false, it is of but little consequence to my purpose whilst the fact remains, in all its glaring odiousness, that slaveholders have ordained, and by law established, that the children of slave women shall in all cases follow the condition of their mothers and this is done too obviously to administer to their own lusts, and make a gratification of their wicked desires profitable as well as pleasurable for by this cunning arrangement, the slaveholder, in cases not a few, sustains to his slave the double relation of master and father." Chapter 1, pg. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Quotes
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