Happiness Quote 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…

— Solomon Northup

“adroitly that there was”

— 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…

— Solomon Northup

“Blessed be sleep! It visiteth all alike, descending as the dews of heaven on the bond and free.”

— 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…

— Solomon Northup

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

— Solomon Northup

“I don't want to survive, I want to live.”

— 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…

— Solomon Northup

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

— Solomon Northup

My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

— 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…

— 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…

— Solomon Northup