"I can speak of slavery only so far……" — 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 experienced it in my own person."
—
Solomon Northup
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
16 Quotes by Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup has 16 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his…
-
I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery;
-
Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!
-
What difference is there in the color of the soul?
-
Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.
-
My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!
-
It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of…
-
It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public,
-
Is everything right because the law allows it?
-
There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom.…
-
There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of…
-
Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern…
See all 16 quotes by Solomon Northup »
More Came Quotes
This quote is filed under Came Quotes,
one of 8,613 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
-
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for…
— Neil Armstrong
-
Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to…
— Rowan Atkinson
-
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
— Chinua Achebe
-
Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you…
— Margaret Atwood
-
I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people…
— David Axelrod
-
I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976.…
— Michele Bachmann
-
Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.
— Joseph Barbera
-
I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young,…
— Kevin Bacon
-
What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm…
— Erykah Badu
-
My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I…
— Joan Baez
See all 8,613 Came Quotes »