Abhorrence Quote by Abigail Adams

Slavery is the parent of ignorance, and ignorance begets a whole brood of follies and vices; and every one of these is inevitably hostile…

— Hinton Rowan Helper

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Men are much more forcibly struck by those inequalities which exist within the circle of the same class, than with those which may be…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Slavery is the daughter of darkness: an ignorant people is a blind instrument of its own destruction”

— Simón Bolívar

“Slavery is as much about the psychological control of the master over the slave as of the physical domination, cruelty and exploitation which we…

— Gabrielle Palmer

The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly…

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

“The bonds of dependence, far from loosening, have tightened again. But alongside force there is no longer authority, alongside obedience, no longer recognition, alongside…

— Julius Evola

Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking…

— David Rice

“The system was psychological and physical at the same time. The slaves were taught discipline, were impressed again and again with the idea of…

— Howard Zinn

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much…

— Alexander Herzen

“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature, opposition to it in his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

Slavery is the offspring of darkness.

— Simon Bolivar