“There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be a reckoning yet. . . there's a day coming that will burn as an oven. It may be sooner or it… — Solomon Northrup Copy Share Image
“The law says you have the right to hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon, it lies. . . Is everything right because the law allows it? Suppose they'd pass a law taking away your liberty and making you a slave?” — Solomon Northrup Copy Share Image
“There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be a reckoning yet. . .… — Solomon Northrup Copy Share
“The law says you have the right to hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon, it lies. . . Is everything right because… — Solomon Northrup Copy Share
“No credit--no debt. Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.” — Solomon Northrup Copy Share
“Not by human dwellings--not in crowded cities alone, are the sights and sounds of life. The wildest places of the earth are full of… — Solomon Northrup Copy Share
