Frederick Douglass Quotes about Literature

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America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

Frederick Douglass

Past, America, Literature

What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, delivered 4 July 1852

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

Frederick Douglass

Men, Wind, Literature

Frederick Douglass (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, Chicago Review Press

Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon a person and I will show you the exact amount of words endured by these people.

Frederick Douglass

People, Literature, Demand

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

Frederick Douglass

Literature, Slavery, Politics

Frederick Douglass (2013). “The Complete Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.

Frederick Douglass

Literature, Slave, Silent

Frederick Douglass, George L. Ruffin (2001). “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time”, p.61, Digital Scanning Inc