--- title: "6 Existence Slavery Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Existence Slavery quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Existence Slavery sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/john-quincy-adams-2098_freedom_if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-dec_179071.png" --- > [“If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-declaration-of-independence-as/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/john-quincy-adams-2098_freedom_if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-dec_179071.png) > [The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/the-existence-of-the-state-is-inseparable-from-the-existence-of/) [Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/karl-marx-399_existence_the-existence-of-the-state-is-inseparabl_692259.jpg) > [The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blase-j-cupich/the-existence-of-slavery-cast-the-shadow-of-hypocrisy-over-the/) [Blase J. Cupich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blase-j-cupich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/blase-j-cupich-6316_freedom_the-existence-of-slavery-cast-the-shadow_787635.jpg) > [“The existence of Slavery in its most cruel form among them, has a tendency to brutalize the humane and finer feelings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/the-existence-of-slavery-in-its-most-cruel-form-among-them-has-a/) [Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/solomon-northup-12765_life_the-existence-of-slavery-in-its-most-cru_2031807.jpg) > [Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/now-take-the-constitution-according-to-its-plain-reading-and-i-defy/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/frederick-douglass-859_clauses_now-take-the-constitution-according-to-i_2332031.png) > [“In the American South, there are hundreds of Civil War battle monuments and preserved plantation manor houses for every exhibit that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hochschild/in-the-american-south-there-are-hundreds-of-civil-war-battle/) [Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hochschild/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/adam-hochschild-4138_civil-war_in-the-american-south-there-are-hundreds_3193795.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence-slavery/#itemlist", "name": "Existence Slavery Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Quincy Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-declaration-of-independence-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/john-quincy-adams-2098_freedom_if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-dec_179071.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/john-quincy-adams-2098_freedom_if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-dec_179071.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/john-quincy-adams-2098_freedom_if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-dec_179071.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths…” — John Quincy Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karl Marx" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/the-existence-of-the-state-is-inseparable-from-the-existence-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/karl-marx-399_existence_the-existence-of-the-state-is-inseparabl_692259.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/karl-marx-399_existence_the-existence-of-the-state-is-inseparabl_692259.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/karl-marx-399_existence_the-existence-of-the-state-is-inseparabl_692259.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery.” — Karl Marx", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blase J. 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