Quote 1: "It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave; but to be a poor man's slave was deemed a disgrace indeed. "chapter 3 page 63
Quote 2: " It is better than a dozen slaves suffer under the lash, than that the overseer should be convinced, in the presence of the slaves, of having been at fault." Chapter 4, page 65
Quote3: " it was worth a half-cent to kill a nigger, and a half-cent to bury one." Chapter 4 page 69
Quote 4: " if you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. a nigger should know nothing but to obey his master-to do as he is told to do." Chapter 6 page 78
Quote 5: "Will not a righteous God visit for these things?" Chapter 8, page 93
Quote 6: A single word from the white men was enough-against all our wishes, prayers, and entreaties-to sunder forever the dearest friends, dearest kindred, and strongest ties known to human beings." Chapter 8, page 90
Quote 7: " But by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland; and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder." Chapter 10 page 122
Quote 8: " whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, I was gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merest accident, I had gained from my master"
Quote9: "In coming to a fixed determination to run away, we did more than Patrick henry, when he resolved upon liberty or death.
Quote10:" I did not, when a slave, understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs. I was myself within the circle; so that I neither saw nor heard as those without might see and hear".
Quote 2: " It is better than a dozen slaves suffer under the lash, than that the overseer should be convinced, in the presence of the slaves, of having been at fault." Chapter 4, page 65
Quote3: " it was worth a half-cent to kill a nigger, and a half-cent to bury one." Chapter 4 page 69
Quote 4: " if you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. a nigger should know nothing but to obey his master-to do as he is told to do." Chapter 6 page 78
Quote 5: "Will not a righteous God visit for these things?" Chapter 8, page 93
Quote 6: A single word from the white men was enough-against all our wishes, prayers, and entreaties-to sunder forever the dearest friends, dearest kindred, and strongest ties known to human beings." Chapter 8, page 90
Quote 7: " But by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland; and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder." Chapter 10 page 122
Quote 8: " whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, I was gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merest accident, I had gained from my master"
Quote9: "In coming to a fixed determination to run away, we did more than Patrick henry, when he resolved upon liberty or death.
Quote10:" I did not, when a slave, understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs. I was myself within the circle; so that I neither saw nor heard as those without might see and hear".