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Top 10 Elizabeth Keckley Quotes (2025 Update)

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down as an axiom, that only that is criminal in the sight of God where crime is meditated.”

1. “For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down as an axiom, that only that is criminal in the sight of God where crime is meditated.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody shall do so if I can prevent it.”

2. “Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody shall do so if I can prevent it.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “I was born a slave-was the child of slave parents-therefore I came upon the earth free in God-like thought, but fettered in action.”

3. “I was born a slave-was the child of slave parents-therefore I came upon the earth free in God-like thought, but fettered in action.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “Friends are a recompense for all the woes of the darkest pages of life.”

4. “Friends are a recompense for all the woes of the darkest pages of life.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “When I heard the words, I felt as if the blood had been frozen in my veins, and that my lungs must collapse for the want of air. Mr. Lincoln shot!”

5. “When I heard the words, I felt as if the blood had been frozen in my veins, and that my lungs must collapse for the want of air. Mr. Lincoln shot!”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those opposed to him. His soul was too great for the narrow, selfish views of partisanship. Brave by nature himself, he honored bravery in others, even his foes.”

6. “Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those opposed to him. His soul was too great for the narrow, selfish views of partisanship. Brave by nature himself, he honored bravery in others, even his foes.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “Notwithstanding all the wrongs that slavery heaped upon me, I can bless it for one thing-youth’s important lesson of self-reliance.”

7. “Notwithstanding all the wrongs that slavery heaped upon me, I can bless it for one thing-youth’s important lesson of self-reliance.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “These revolting scenes created a great sensation at the time, were the talk of the town and neighborhood, and I flatter myself that the actions of those who had conspired against me were not viewed in a light to reflect much credit upon them.”

8. “These revolting scenes created a great sensation at the time, were the talk of the town and neighborhood, and I flatter myself that the actions of those who had conspired against me were not viewed in a light to reflect much credit upon them.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “No; eternal slavery rather than be regarded with distrust by those whose respect I esteemed.”

9. “No; eternal slavery rather than be regarded with distrust by those whose respect I esteemed.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “I was regarded as fair-looking for one of my race, and for four years a white man – I spare the world his name – had base designs upon me. I do not care to dwell upon this subject, for it is one that is fraught with pain. Suffice it to say, that he persecuted me for four years, and I – I – became a mother. The child of which he was the father was the.”

10. “I was regarded as fair-looking for one of my race, and for four years a white man – I spare the world his name – had base designs upon me. I do not care to dwell upon this subject, for it is one that is fraught with pain. Suffice it to say, that he persecuted me for four years, and I – I – became a mother. The child of which he was the father was the.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley Quote: “Besides, I have determined that.”

11. “Besides, I have determined that.”

— Elizabeth Keckley

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