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Black men, don’t be ashamed to show your colors, and to own them.
When will the Americans learn, that if they would encourage liberty in other countries, they must practice it at home?
Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me.
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (1848)
All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.
The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements (1863)
Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous. (Chapter XX)
Clotel: or, The President's Daughter: a narrative of slave life in the United States (1853)
An ignorant man will trust to luck for success; an educated man will make success. God helps those who help themselves. (from Chapter XLIX: The New Era)
The Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race (1873)