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> [“Men may write fictions portraying lowly life as it is, or as it is not—may expatiate with owlish gravity upon the bliss of ignorance—discourse flippantly from arm chairs of the pleasures of slave life; but let them toil with him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/men-may-write-fictions-portraying-lowly-life-as-it-is-or-as-it-is-not/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

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## More by Solomon Northup

> [“I had not then learned the measure of “man’s inhumanity to man,” nor to what limitless extent of wickedness he will go for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/i-had-not-then-learned-the-measure-of-man-s-inhumanity-to-man-nor-to/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“adroitly that there was”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/adroitly-that-there-was/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/unsoundness-in-a-slave-as-well-as-in-a-horse-detracts-materially-from/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“Blessed be sleep! It visiteth all alike, descending as the dews of heaven on the bond and free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/blessed-be-sleep-it-visiteth-all-alike-descending-as-the-dews-of/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/i-can-speak-of-slavery-only-so-far-as-it-came-under-my-own/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/i-could-not-comprehend-the-justice-of-that-law-or-that-religion-which/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“I don't want to survive, I want to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/i-don-t-want-to-survive-i-want-to-live/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“Men may write fictions portraying lowly life as it is, or as it is not—may expatiate with owlish gravity upon the bliss of ignorance—discourse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/men-may-write-fictions-portraying-lowly-life-as-it-is-or-as-it-is-not/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/my-sufferings-i-can-compare-to-nothing-else-than-the-burning-agonies/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/my-back-is-thick-with-scars-for-protesting-my-freedom/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“It is a mistaken opinion that prevails in some quarters that the slave does not understand the term - does not comprehend the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/it-is-a-mistaken-opinion-that-prevails-in-some-quarters-that-the/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/at-such-times-the-heart-of-man-turns-instictively-towards-his-maker/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“let them behold him scourged, hunted, trampled on, and they will come back with another story in their mouths. Let them know the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/let-them-behold-him-scourged-hunted-trampled-on-and-they-will-come/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“On the way, a great many demanded it, read it, and passed on. Those having the air and appearance of gentlemen, whose dress indicated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/on-the-way-a-great-many-demanded-it-read-it-and-passed-on-those/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

> [“case with Cocodrie Bayou, which Solomon must have heard with a starting “p.” Here is a list”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/case-with-cocodrie-bayou-which-solomon-must-have-heard-with-a/)

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