I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.
Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.
'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.
Never wound a snake; kill it.
