"I here and now denounce his so-called emancipation as a stupendous fraud — a fraud upon him, a fraud upon the world."

"I was sometimes prompted to take my life, and that of Covey, but was prevented by a combination of hope and fear."

"The white man's happiness can not be purchased by the black man's misery."

"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."

"Never was there a clearer case of “stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.” I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together wit…"