My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

12 Years a Slave

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Slavery

Speaker

Solomon Northup

Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Source

12 Years a Slave

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen, Plan B Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/ Film4 Productions/River Road Entertainment/Regency Enterprises, 2013.

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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

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Slavery

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Source
Notes on the State of Virginia
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1785 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas [published anonymously]. Notes on the State of Virginia. Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1785, query 18.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia, edited by Frank Shuffelton. Penguin Classics, 1998, query 18.

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If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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The Social Network. Directed by David Fincher. Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/Scott Rudin Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Trigger Street Productions, 2010.