--- title: "12 Abolish Slavery Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Abolish Slavery quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Abolish Slavery sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/dario-de-judicibus-25614_abolish_modern-society-did-not-abolish-slavery-b_2899477.jpg" --- > [“Modern society did not abolish slavery, but only regulated it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dario-de-judicibus/modern-society-did-not-abolish-slavery-but-only-regulated-it/) [Dario de Judicibus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dario-de-judicibus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/dario-de-judicibus-25614_abolish_modern-society-did-not-abolish-slavery-b_2899477.jpg) > [A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/a-slave-holder-who-has-decided-to-abolish-slavery-does-not-consult/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/mahatma-gandhi-23_abolish_a-slave-holder-who-has-decided-to-abolis_1541478.jpg) > [When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/when-we-abolish-the-slavery-of-half-of-humanity-together-with-the/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/simone-de-beauvoir-407_couple_when-we-abolish-the-slavery-of-half-of-h_1704044.jpg) > [We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-rail-at-trade-but-the-historian-of-the-world-will-see-that-it-was/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_abolish_we-rail-at-trade-but-the-historian-of-th_1191319.png) > [The Spanish Civil War, Britain was not involved in it. Going back a bit, there was the naval blockade to stop the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-corbyn/the-spanish-civil-war-britain-was-not-involved-in-it-going-back-a-bit/) [Jeremy Corbyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-corbyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/jeremy-corbyn-3212_civil-war_the-spanish-civil-war-britain-was-not-in_648930.jpg) > [Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/well-for-one-the-13th-amendment-to-the-constitution-of-the-us-which/) [Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/angela-davis-3825_abolish_well-for-one-the-13th-amendment-to-the-c_2650320.png) > [“You must abolish your slavery yourselves. Do not depend for its abolition upon god or a superman. Remember that it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-r-ambedkar-2/you-must-abolish-your-slavery-yourselves-do-not-depend-for-its/) [B.R. Ambedkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-r-ambedkar-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/b-r-ambedkar-2-27051_atheism_you-must-abolish-your-slavery-yourselves_2404224.jpg) > [Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/abolish-slavery-tomorrow-and-not-a-sentence-or-syllable-of-the/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/frederick-douglass-859_abolish_abolish-slavery-tomorrow-and-not-a-sente_3061743.png) > [ A \[desire\] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and \[Virginia legislators\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/a-desire-to-abolish-slavery-prevails-in-north-america-many-of-the/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/benjamin-franklin-65_abolish_a-desire-to-abolish-slavery-prevails-in_3068153.png) > [It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-proclaimed-by-the-great-leaders-of-that-party-by-its-political/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/anonymous-1_abolish_it-is-proclaimed-by-the-great-leaders-of_917688.jpg) > [If you are going to abolish slavery, that opens up all these other questions: what system of labor is going to replace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-foner/if-you-are-going-to-abolish-slavery-that-opens-up-all-these-other/) [Eric Foner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-foner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/eric-foner-20891_abolish_if-you-are-going-to-abolish-slavery-that_2605062.jpg) > [“Even when the 13th Amendment was passed to abolish slavery with an exception of servitude as a penalty for criminal conviction, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dumisani-tafadzwa-mayele/even-when-the-13th-amendment-was-passed-to-abolish-slavery-with-an/) [Dumisani Tafadzwa Mayele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dumisani-tafadzwa-mayele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/dumisani-tafadzwa-mayele-10906_economics_even-when-the-13th-amendment-was-passed_1702377.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolish-slavery/#itemlist", "name": "Abolish Slavery Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Modern society did not abolish slavery, but only regulated it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dario de Judicibus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dario-de-judicibus/modern-society-did-not-abolish-slavery-but-only-regulated-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/dario-de-judicibus-25614_abolish_modern-society-did-not-abolish-slavery-b_2899477.jpg", "contentUrl": 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