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Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave

Book by Solomon Northup · 7 quotes · I Can, Slavery, Soul

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Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave 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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing.”