I know what liberty is because I know what slavery was.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found without virtue

Words of Emancipation didn't arrive until the middle of June so they called it Juneteenth. So that was it, the night of Juneteenth celebration, his mind went on. The celebration of a gaudy illusion.