You have no right whatsoever to detain me… and I promise you, upon my liberation, I will have satisfaction for this wrong.” – Solomon Northup, ’12 Years a Slave’.ħ-“I did as instructed. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I am a free man a resident of Saratoga, New York. It will have been my duty.” -Bass, ’12 Years a Slave’.Ħ- “I am Solomon Northup. And if it brings you your freedom, it will be more than a pleasure. If they are allowed to climb no higher than brute animals, you and men like you will have to answer for it.” -Bass, ’12 Years a Slave’.ĥ- ““I will write your letter, sir. White and black alike.” -Bass, ’12 Years a Slave’.Ĥ- “Listen, Epps, these niggers are human beings.
What is true and right is true and right for all. And there will be a day of reckoning yet.” -Bass, ’12 Years a Slave’.ģ- “Laws change.
Years a Slave Quotes: 12 Years a Slave tells the story of a man trying to regain his freedom.ġ- “If this conversation concerns what is factual and what is not, then it must be said that there is no justice nor righteousness in their slavery.” -Bass, ’12 Years a Slave’.Ģ- “There is an ill, Mr.