Frederick Douglass Quotes

“Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world. Now . . . if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:learning slavery oppression

“Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:light tyranny

“I have observed this in my experience of slavery,—that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery comfort

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

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery

“A man must be disposed to judge of emancipation by other tests than whether it has increased the produce of sugar,—and to hate slavery for other reasons than because it starves men and whips women,—before he is ready to lay the first stone of...”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery

“Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery sorrow

“I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery

“I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. 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...”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery spirit

“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.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery cowardice

“I had as well be killed running as die standing.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

topic:slavery killing

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