“The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.William Lloyd Garrison
“Let us spare nothing but our provisions. For they will be a testimonial when we are dead, that we were not subdued for want of necessaries; but that, according to our original resolution, we have preferred death before slavery.Eleazar ben Jair
“The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, had all the moral grandeur of a bill of lading.Richard Hofstadter
“Let Southern oppressors tremble—let their secret abettors tremble—let their Northern apologists tremble—let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.William Lloyd Garrison
“I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown to that philanthropy which neither shoots me nor liberates me.Henry David Thoreau
“I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard!William Lloyd Garrison