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> [It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/it-s-not-that-hard-to-say-slavery-is-wrong-after-we-ve-abolished-it/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/we-say-that-slavery-has-vanished-from-european-civilization-but-this/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/i-think-most-people-when-you-say-slavery-tend-to-see-a-group-of/)

[Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/)

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> [Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I've heard educated white people say, 'slavery was 400…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/every-year-white-people-add-100-years-to-how-long-ago-slavery-was-i/)

[Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/)

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> [“In a word, commercial competition, under the paternal aegis of the law, allows the great majority of merchants-— and this fact is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/in-a-word-commercial-competition-under-the-paternal-aegis-of-the-law/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

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