12 Years a Slave - Debate on Resistance Among Enslaved Individuals
Robert:
I say we fight.
Solomon Northup:
The crew is fairly small. If it were well planned, I believe they could be strong armed.
Clemens:
Three can't stand against a whole crew. The rest here are niggers, born and bred slaves. Niggers ain't got the stomach for a fight, not a damn one.
Robert:
All I know, we get where we traveling we'll wish we'd died trying.
Clemens:
Survival is not about certain death, it is about keeping your head down.
Solomon Northup:
Days ago I was with my family, in my home. Now you tell me all is lost. "Tell no one who I really am" if I want to survive. I don't want to survive, I want to live.
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