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

What difference is there in the color of the soul?.

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

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 plac….

It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influ….

Is everything right because the law allows it?.

Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern slave, fed, clothed, whipped and protected by….

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

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..

They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. They are deceived who ….

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

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

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

At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he r….

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immacul….

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 partic….

My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom..