My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom. - Solomon Northup - Quotesmemo.com

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Sometimes in life, my failures speak louder than my victories and I need to be constantly reminded that though my enemies surround me, my God surrounds my enemies. If we're truly honest, we've had to mentally battle failures or fears more than once in our lives.

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Solomon Northup

My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

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

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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.

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

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

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