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

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 immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

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

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.

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

Is everything right because the law allows 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.