Frederick Douglass Quotes about Slavery

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I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

Frederick Douglass

Slavery, Found, Wanted

"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave". Book by Frederick Douglass, 1845.

The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither.

Frederick Douglass

Liberty, Purpose, Slavery

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

I hear the mournful wail of millions!

Frederick Douglass

Slavery, Millions

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

This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedoms.

Frederick Douglass

War, History, Slavery

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

Frederick Douglass

Prayer, Slavery, Tone

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ch. 2 (1845)

Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.

Frederick Douglass

War, Slavery, Republic

Frederick Douglass (2017). “Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn”, p.198, Akashic Books

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a glorious liberty document. Read its preamble, consider its purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? It is neither.

Frederick Douglass

Liberty, Purpose, Slavery

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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

The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

Frederick Douglass

Government, Essence, Slavery

Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.536, Chicago Review Press

I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.

Frederick Douglass

Slavery, Abolitionist, Speakers

Money is the measure of morality, and the success or failure of slavery as a money-making system, determines with many whether...it should be maintained or abolished.

Frederick Douglass

Slavery, Morality, Making Money

Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.363, Chicago Review Press