Samuel Cornish Quote

On our conduct, in great measure, their salvation depends. Let us show that we are worthy to be freemen; it will be the strongest appeal to the judgment and conscience of the slaveholder and his abettors, that can be furnished; and it will be a sure measure of our elevation in society, and to the possession of all of our rights, as men and citizens.

Responsibility of Colored Americans in Free States (March 4, 1837)