Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

— Frederick Douglass

It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

— Frederick Douglass

“If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

― Frederick Douglass

I am so thankful for the support I have received from the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association!

— Cassandra Kendall

The soul that is within me no man can degrade

–Frederick Douglass

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

― Frederick Douglass

“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

–Frederick Douglass

I am extremely appreciative of FDMHA for supporting my education at East Carolina University.

— Rica Spriggs, 2012 recipient of FDMHA scholarship

“A smile or a tear has not nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man”

― Frederick Douglass

“The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”

― Frederick Douglass (c. 1818 – 1895)