"I have no love for America, as such. I have no patriotism. I have no country. I have no flag. I have nothing to be proud of in this country."

"You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man."

"If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight for the fla…"

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

"I would rather be a slave in form than in fact."