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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northrup/there-s-a-sin-a-fearful-sin-resting-on-this-nation-that-will-not-go/)

Solomon Northrup

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> [“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?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northrup/the-law-says-you-have-the-right-to-hold-a-nigger-but-begging-the-law/)

Solomon Northrup

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## More by Solomon Northrup

> [“There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be a reckoning yet. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northrup/there-s-a-sin-a-fearful-sin-resting-on-this-nation-that-will-not-go/)

Solomon Northrup

> [“The law says you have the right to hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon, it lies. . . Is everything right because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northrup/the-law-says-you-have-the-right-to-hold-a-nigger-but-begging-the-law/)

Solomon Northrup

> [“No credit--no debt. Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northrup/no-credit-no-debt-credit-leads-a-man-into-temptation-cash-down-is-the/)

Solomon Northrup

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northrup/not-by-human-dwellings-not-in-crowded-cities-alone-are-the-sights-and/)

Solomon Northrup

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