A Hero of Black History in America: 9 Powerful Quotes from Frederick Douglass

"The practice, from week to week, of openly robbing me of all my earnings, kept the nature and character of slavery constantly before me. I could be robbed by indirection, but this was too open and barefaced to be endured. I could see no reason why I should, at the end of each week, pour the reward of my honest toil into the purse of any man." - Frederick Douglass