Quotes by Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifie — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. I could regard them in no other light than a band — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Provid — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whip — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
...I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible c — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputab — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the mean — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
...I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing m — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
It may, perhaps, be fairly questioned, whether any other portion of the population of the earth could have endured the p — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful ey — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. When I went there, she was a pious, warm, and tender-hearted woman. — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the slaveholding religion of this land, an — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage. — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
...The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
e have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heat — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier mat — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
You are loosed from your moorings, and are free; I am fast in my chains, and M a slave! You move merrily before the gent — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass