User blog comment:Grundley/PG Proposal: Solomon Northup/@comment-3999269-20191003201622

problem with Solomon is he assaulted John Tibeats, even if Tibeats was a horrible racist, Solomon nearly got himself killed due to that.. am I saying he was wrong for doing it? no.. but he still did it and thus he allowed his anger to overtake him.. he also allowed that anger to overtake him when he yelled at the mother for mourning her children, which was pretty harsh..

he was clever, yes, but due to the ordeals he went through he could lash out at people, sometimes unfairly and sometimes recklessly - which endangered himself and sometimes others (since in those days all slaves could face punishment just for Solomon's acts).