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When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.

Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.