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 his master, is happier than the free colored citizen of the North. To that conclusion I have never since arrived.

Is everything right because the law allows it?

My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

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

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

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

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