It is troubling that modern slavery is a crime that can be hidden in the supply chains of the goods and services… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
I can never acknowledge the right of slavery. I will bow down to no deity however worshipped by professing Christians - however… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with… — Richard Burton Copy Share Image
The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
There is great fear expressed on all sides lest this war shall be made a war for the negro. I am willing… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
“few years after Ball was herded south, a slave trader marched a coffle past the US Capitol just as a gaggle of… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also… — Mark Foley Copy Share Image
But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is… — John Brown Baldwin Copy Share Image
The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It is a sad hardship and slavery to people who live in towns, that in their movements they know of one dimension… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is due to justice; due to humanity; due to truth; due to the sympathies of our nature; in fine, to our… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them.… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God… — James Otis Copy Share Image
“It is especially important to remember that the ownership of humans is possible too; not in terms of actual slavery, which they… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, we were Africans involved in a unique lexicon of beliefs, lore, stories, and customs that were designed to… — Stephanie Rose Bird Copy Share Image
That's one of the beauties, I think, of African American life. There was this thing called slavery and adjustments were made. It… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember 'Roots' growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching 'Roots' was not the cool remove of… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
How can a Negro say America is his nation? He was brought here in chains; he was put in slavery an worked… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure… — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
“Words of Emancipation didn't arrive until the middle of June so they called it Juneteenth. So that was it, the night of… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
The Jews' guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus consigned them to perpetual servitude, and, like Cain, they are to be wanderers and… — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
A man working for wages his whole life is not really free. That is why Jefferson said, you have to own land.… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“Emma, if I had to march an eternity in slavery it would be worth it knowing that you are safe. They can… — Rebecca Gober Copy Share Image
If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves… — Samuel Hopkins Copy Share Image
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
Teach the child to respect that which is not respectable and you teach the child the first requirement of slavery: submission to… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Some few, and I am one of them, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
If you read the story of slavery and see the part that the Uncle Tom played in the plantation, and then you… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing,… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Before I dismiss this affair of eating and drinking, let me beseech you to resolve to free yourselves from the slavery of… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
“In a period of less than 150 years, to progress from slavery to Pennsylvania Avenue speaks volumes about this family and our… — Megan Smolenyak Copy Share Image
My favorite Founding Fathers, Christians like John Adams, were absolutely appalled by slavery, and did not own slaves. I think we're going… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Oh, as Dean says, nobody is free - never, except just for a few brief moments now and then, when the flash… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
