This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was a…

- John Sergeant Wise

In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.

- John Sergeant Wise

Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their p…

- John Sergeant Wise

John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.

- John Sergeant Wise

Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.

- John Sergeant Wise

I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over tw…

- John Sergeant Wise

And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, o…

- John Sergeant Wise

However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' …

- John Sergeant Wise

In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not re…

- John Sergeant Wise