David Ruggles
David Ruggles
David Ruggleswas an African-American abolitionist in Manhattan, New York who resisted slavery by his participation in a Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad to aid fugitive slaves reach free states. He was a printer in New York City during the 1830s, who also wrote numerous articles, and "was the prototype for black activist journalists of his time." He claimed to have led more than 600 fugitive slaves to freedom in the North, including Frederick Douglass, who became a friend...
mind slave
Slaves. though we be enrolled Minds are never to be sold.
men self dust
A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising.
justice prejudice natural
Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural antipathy as upon education.
light shining speak
Let us to the Press Devoted Be, Its Light will Shine and Speak Us Free.
action mere words
In our cause, mere words are nothing -- action is everything.