“- Jean Villeneuve: [to the slave Occam] Here. A proper musket for you.
- Dan Scott: I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't like the idea of giving muskets to slaves.
- Jean Villeneuve: Your sense of freedom is as pale as your skin.”
Tchéky Karyo - Jean Villeneuve
Donal Logue - Dan Scott

“- Solomon Northup: Master Ford, you must know: I am not a slave.
- Ford: I cannot hear that.
- Solomon Northup: Before I came to you, I was a free man.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup
Benedict Cumberbatch - Ford

“I am Solomon Northup. I am a free man; a resident of Saratoga, New York. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I have papers. You have no right whatsoever to detain me... and I promise you, upon my liberation, I will have satisfaction for this wrong.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup

“For you who were slaves with me, it means that we're no longer slaves, that we once more have a home and a country. For you who are English it means a chance to fight for your native land.”

Errol Flynn - Peter Blood

“Danel is our man. Lincoln freed the slaves. Mr. Danel is back in the trade and doing very well at it.”
Addison Richards - Jackson