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Solomon Northup quotes: My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

Solomon Northup quotes: with a scrap of bacon on her

with a scrap of bacon on her

Solomon Northup quotes: The best dancer appeared to be considered the one who could whoop the loudest, jump the farthest, and utter the most excruciating noise.

The best dancer appeared to be considered the one who could whoop the loudest, jump the farthest, and utter the most excruciating noise.

Solomon Northup quotes: My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!

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

Solomon Northup quotes: Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

Solomon Northup quotes: Is everything right because the law allows it?

Is everything right because the law allows it?

Solomon Northup quotes: one knee, with a groan, I released my hold upon his throat,

one knee, with a groan, I released my hold upon his throat,

Solomon Northup quotes: Alas! 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 love of gain

Alas! 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 love of gain

Solomon Northup quotes: Drawn up and signed by the proper parties, wherein Epps acknowledged he

Drawn up and signed by the proper parties, wherein Epps acknowledged he

Solomon Northup quotes: Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

Solomon Northup quotes: my situation, however, the more I became

my situation, however, the more I became

Solomon Northup quotes: Eliza, stop crying, You let sorrow take over you; you will drown in it

Eliza, stop crying, You let sorrow take over you; you will drown in it

Solomon Northup quotes: woollyheads and silvergrays, and am unable to understand

woollyheads and silvergrays, and am unable to understand

Solomon Northup quotes: under other circumstances and other influences,

under other circumstances and other influences,

Solomon Northup quotes: 12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup quotes: considerable amount in consideration of his services in

considerable amount in consideration of his services in

Solomon Northup quotes: What difference is there in the color of the soul?

What difference is there in the color of the soul?

Solomon Northup quotes: I don't want to survive, I want to live.

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

Solomon Northup quotes: I ask no paradise on high, With cares on earth oppressed,The only heaven for which I sigh, Is rest, eternal rest.

I ask no paradise on high, With cares on earth oppressed,
The only heaven for which I sigh, Is rest, eternal rest.

Solomon Northup quotes: Death was far less terrible than the living prospect that was before us

Death was far less terrible than the living prospect that was before us

Solomon Northup quotes: Let not those who have never been placed in like circumstances judge me harshly

Let not those who have never been placed in like circumstances judge me harshly

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

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

Solomon Northup quotes: Adroitly that there was

Adroitly that there was

Solomon Northup quotes: Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear - dogs, alligators or men!

Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear - dogs, alligators or men!

Solomon Northup quotes: case with Cocodrie Bayou, which Solomon must have heard with a starting "p." Here is a list

case with Cocodrie Bayou, which Solomon must have heard with a starting "p." Here is a list

Solomon Northup quotes: It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public,

It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public,

Solomon Northup quotes: Not by human dwellingsnot in crowded cities alone, are the sights and sounds of life. The wildest places of the earth are full of them.

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 them.

Solomon Northup quotes: 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.

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.