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When will the Americans learn, that if they would encourage liberty in other countries, they must practice it at home?

— William Wells Brown

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Black men, don’t be ashamed to show your colors, and to own them.

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)

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