“The slave-trade and slavery were the economic basis of the French Revolution. ‘Sad irony of human history,’ comments Jaurès. ‘The fortunes created at Bordeaux, at Nantes, by the slave-trade, gave to the bourgeoisie that pride which needed liberty and contributed… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“Leader of a backward and ignorant mass, he was yet in the forefront of the great historical movement of his time. The blacks were taking their part in the destruction of European feudalism begun by the French Revolution, and liberty… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“The slave-trade and slavery were the economic basis of the French Revolution. ‘Sad irony of human history,’ comments Jaurès. ‘The fortunes created at Bordeaux,… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“Uninhibited, they wallowed with zest in the filth and mire of their political conceptions and needs, among the very leaders of their society, but… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“Yet when the masses turn (as turn they will one day) and try to end the tyranny of centuries, not only the tyrants but… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“The end toward which mankind is inexorably developing by the constant overcoming of internal antagonisms is not the enjoyment, ownership, or use of goods,… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“But today as then, the great propertied interests and their agents commit the most ferocious crimes in the name of the whole people, and… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“The slaves destroyed tirelessly. Like the peasants in the Jacquerie or the Luddite wreckers, they were seeking their salvation in the most obvious way,… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression.” — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
“Leader of a backward and ignorant mass, he was yet in the forefront of the great historical movement of his time. The blacks were… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
![“The slaves destroyed tirelessly. Like the peasants in the Jacquerie or the Luddite wreckers, they were seeking their salvation in the most obvious way, the destruction of what they knew was the cause of their sufferings; and if they destroyed much it was because they had suffered much. [...] Now…” quote by C.L.R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b36/c-l-r-james-2-44901_quote_the-slaves-destroyed-tirelessly-like-the_2261791.jpg)
