"I mourned sore like a dove and chattered forth my sorrow, moaning in the corners of the field, and under the fences."

"I was at this time not yet thirteen years old. The next day, when I had come to myself, I felt like a new creature in…"

"I lived in a place where there was no preaching, and no religious instruction; but every day I went out amongst the h…"

"I went from one religious professor to another, enquiring of them what ailed me; but of all these I could find none w…"

"Our meeting gave great offence, and we were forbid holding any more assemblies. Even the elders of our meeting joined…"

"Individuals creep into the church that are unregenerate, and after they have been there awhile, they fancy that they …"

"I also held meetings in Virginia. The people there would not believe that a coloured woman could preach. And moreover…"

"I may here remark, that while journeying through the different states of the Union, I met with many of the Quaker Fri…"