The Ballot Is The Only

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.

A Slave Is Someone Who Sits Down, And Waits For Someone To Free Them.

Liberty Is Meaningless Where The Right To Utter One's Thoughts And Opinions Has Ceased To Exist. That, Of All Rights, Is The Dread Of Tyrants. It Is The Right Which They First Of All Strike Down. They Know Its Power. Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, And Powers, Founded In Injustice And Wrong, Are Sure To Tremble, If Men Are Allowed To Reason... Equally Clear Is The Right To Hear. To Suppress Free Speech Is A Double Wrong. It Violates The Rights Of The Hearer As Well As Those Of The Speaker.

I Have No Protection At Home, Or Resting Place Abroad. ... I Am An Outcast From The Society Of My Childhood, And An Outlaw In The Land Of My Birth. I Am A Stranger With Thee, And A Sojourner As All My Fathers Were.

Slaves Were Expected To Sing As Well As To Work. A Silent Slave Was Not Liked, Either By Masters Or Overseers.