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

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.

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.

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

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.

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