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> [“For the African race, such as Providence has made it, and where He has placed it in America, slavery was the righteous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lewis-dabney/for-the-african-race-such-as-providence-has-made-it-and-where-he-has/)

[Robert Lewis Dabney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lewis-dabney/)

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> [When is black America going to forgive white America for slavery?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/when-is-black-america-going-to-forgive-white-america-for-slavery/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

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> [The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rza/the-history-of-black-america-was-from-slavery-oppression-civil-rights/)

[Rza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rza/)

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> [If you want to understand America, it's slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/if-you-want-to-understand-america-it-s-slavery/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/had-it-not-been-for-slavery-the-death-penalty-would-have-likely-been/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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> [In the era of slavery, you could be a so-called Afro-Cuban one day and a so-called Black American the next day, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-horne/in-the-era-of-slavery-you-could-be-a-so-called-afro-cuban-one-day-and/)

[Gerald Horne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-horne/)

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