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Solomon Northup
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Born 1808 in Minerva
writer · United States
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- Twelve Years a Slave1853 · Read here →
Quotes from Solomon Northup’s books
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Twelve Years a Slave
From Project Gutenberg e-text #45631 (public domain in the USA).
And what difference is there in the color of the soul?
Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.