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I could not comprehend the ju...

I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

It is not the fault of the sl...

It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

My sufferings I can compare t...

My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

Credit leads a man into tempt...

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

They are deceived who flatter...

They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. They are deceived who imagine that he arises from his knees with back lacerated and bleeding, cherishing only a spirit of meekness and forgiveness. A day may come - it will, if his prayer is heard. A terrible day of vengeance when the master in his turn will cry in vain for mercy.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

At such times, the heart of m...

At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he remembers Him not, and is ready to defy Him; but place him in the midst of dangers, cut him off from human aid, let the grave open before him, then it is, in the time of his tribulation, that the scoffer and unbelieving man turns to God for help, feeling there is no other hope, or refuge, or safety, save in his protecting arm.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

There are few sights more ple...

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

Life is dear to every living ...

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

Suffice it to say, during the...

Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern slave, fed, clothed, whipped and protected by his master, is happier than the free colored citizen of the North. To that conclusion I have never since arrived.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

I can speak of slavery only s...

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

There have been hours in my u...

There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of earthly sorrow - of the grave as a resting place for the tired and worn out body - has been pleasant to dwell upon.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

There are few sights more ple...

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

It has been suggested that an ...

It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public,

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

There are few sights more plea...

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

Is everything right because th...

Is everything right because the law allows it?

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

I can speak of slavery only so...

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

It is not the fault of the sla...

It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

My sufferings I can compare to...

My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

Credit leads a man into tempta...

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

What difference is there in th...

What difference is there in the color of the soul?

Solomon Northup 17 quotes

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