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

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.

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.

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?

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

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 influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years.