"They are deceived who flatter themselves that the……" — Solomon Northup
"They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. They are deceived who imagine that he arises from his knees with back lacerated and bleeding, cherishing only a spirit of meekness and forgiveness. A day may come - it will, if his prayer is heard. A terrible day of vengeance when the master in his turn will cry in vain for mercy."
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Solomon Northup
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16 Quotes by Solomon Northup
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I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery;
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Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!
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What difference is there in the color of the soul?
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Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.
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My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!
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It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of…
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It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public,
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Is everything right because the law allows it?
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There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom.…
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I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as…
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There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of…
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Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern…
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