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Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave / Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

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  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    Their constant conversation and manner towards me—their foresight in suggesting the idea of free papers, and a hundred other little acts, unnecessary to be repeated—all indicated that they were friends indeed, sincerely solicitous for my welfare. I know not but they were. I know not but they were innocent of the great wickedness of which I now believe them guilty
  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    I gave them my confidence without reserve, and would freely have trusted them to almost any extent.
  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    In the church-yard at Sandy Hill, an humble stone marks the spot where he reposes, after having worthily performed the duties appertaining to the lowly sphere wherein God had appointed him to walk.
  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    He endeavored to imbue our minds with sentiments of morality, and to teach us to place our trust and confidence in Him who regards the humblest as well as the highest of his creatures
  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    but the blood of three races mingles in her veins. It is difficult to tell whether the red, white, or black predominates
  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    all times cherishing the warmest emotions of kindness, and even of affection towards the family, in whose house he had been a bondsman, he nevertheless comprehended the system of Slavery, and dwelt with sorrow on the degradation of his
  • Isabel P.je citiraoпре 6 година
    Though born a slave, and laboring under the disadvantages to which my unfortunate race is subjected, my father was a man respected for his industry and integrity, as many now living, who well remember him, are ready to testify.
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