I was a free man, not a slave; a Freeman, not a slave; there was no reason why I should be a slave.Solomon Northup
My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!Solomon Northup
Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.Solomon Northup
Circumstances may be unfavorable, but they do not entirely destroy the happiness of the moment.Solomon Northup
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always To be blest.Solomon Northup
There may be humane masters, as there certainly are inhuman ones - there may be slaves well-clothed, well-fed, and happy, as there surely are those half-clad, half-starved and miserableSolomon Northup
What difference is there in the color of the soul?Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to a master, - so long as the failure, or misfortune, or imprudence, or death of the kindest owner, may cause them any day to exchange a life of kind protection and indulgence for one of hopeless misery and toil, - I say, so long as God allows these things to be, so long the Bible bids us look on slavery!Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Well, there's no telling what anyone's good for till they're tried.Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe