Solomon Northup quotes

Solomon Northup was an American businessman, musician, and author best known for his memoir "Twelve Years a Slave." His life story brought global attention to the horrors of slavery in the United States. He became an important voice in the abolitionist movement and advocated for justice and equality. Here are 8 of his quotes:

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow. (Solomon Northup)

There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of earthly sorrow - of the grave as a resting place for the tired and worn out body - has been pleasant to dwell upon.

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 a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey.

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

And what difference is there in the color of the soul?

Solomon Northup

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

Solomon Northup

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

Solomon Northup

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

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup

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Occupation: American Businessman
Born: July 10, 1808
Died: 1864
Quotes count: 8

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