--- title: "16 Slave ships Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Slave ships quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Slave ships sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/zora-neale-hurston-923_fashion_people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes-73468_734686.png" --- > [People can be slave-ships in shoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zora-neale-hurston/people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes/) [Zora Neale Hurston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zora-neale-hurston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/zora-neale-hurston-923_fashion_people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes-73468_734686.png) > [I be off the slave ships, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendrick-lamar/i-be-off-the-slave-ships-building-pyramids-writing-my-own-hieroglyphs/) [Kendrick Lamar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendrick-lamar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/kendrick-lamar-1241_building_i-be-off-the-slave-ships-building-pyrami_2791199.jpg) > [Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-morello/sacrifice-and-neon-lights-slaveships-don-t-wait-love-many-trust-few/) [Tom Morello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-morello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/tom-morello-5390_late_sacrifice-and-neon-lights-slaveships-don_3081308.jpg) > [The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement-lay-in-its-making-real-for/) [Marcus Rediker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-rediker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/marcus-rediker-82332_abolitionist_the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement_1596760.png) > [His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/his-foreparents-came-to-america-in-immigrant-ships-my-foreparents/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/jesse-jackson-1161_america_his-foreparents-came-to-america-in-immig_142630.jpg) > [Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/nobody-had-ever-instructed-him-that-a-slave-ship-with-a-procession-of/) [Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/harriet-beecher-stowe-1149_be-a-slave_nobody-had-ever-instructed-him-that-a-sl_2773664.jpg) > [The Islamic community today is faced with a new version of an old struggle. My late mother used to say it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/the-islamic-community-today-is-faced-with-a-new-version-of-an-old/) [Carol Moseley Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-moseley-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/carol-moseley-braun-13956_boat_the-islamic-community-today-is-faced-wit_1296612.jpg) > [It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/it-s-time-for-black-people-to-stop-playing-the-separating-game-of/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_it-s-time-for-black-people-to-stop-playi_1766362.png) > [In his fierce, bold determination to see the lives of modern-day slaves up close, Benjamin Skinner reminds me of the British abolitionist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hochschild/in-his-fierce-bold-determination-to-see-the-lives-of-modern-day/) [Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hochschild/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/adam-hochschild-4138_abolitionist_in-his-fierce-bold-determination-to-see_2357580.jpg) > [Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/whether-our-ancestors-came-here-on-the-mayflower-on-slave-ships/) [William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/william-j-clinton-302_21st-century_whether-our-ancestors-came-here-on-the-m_2901608.jpg) > [The Supreme Court said nothing about silliness, but I suspect it may play more of a role than one might suppose. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/the-supreme-court-said-nothing-about-silliness-but-i-suspect-it-may/) [E. B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/e-b-white-1448_chains_the-supreme-court-said-nothing-about-sil_2309073.jpg) > [Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/africans-in-the-united-states-must-remember-that-the-slave-ships/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/john-henrik-clarke-2865_africans_africans-in-the-united-states-must-remem_1044459.png) > [The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olaudah-equiano/the-first-object-which-saluted-my-eyes-when-i-arrived-on-the-coast/) [Olaudah Equiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olaudah-equiano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/olaudah-equiano-72712_anchors_the-first-object-which-saluted-my-eyes-w_3168564.jpg) > [America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-buchanan/america-has-been-the-best-country-on-earth-for-black-folks-it-was/) [Pat Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-buchanan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/pat-buchanan-2005_america_america-has-been-the-best-country-on-ear_932769.jpg) > [“PROGENY OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE The leaky little tubs which the sea devours are the granddaughters of those slave ships. Today’s slaves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/progeny-of-the-middle-passage-the-leaky-little-tubs-which-the-sea/) [Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/eduardo-galeano-1015_middle-passage_progeny-of-the-middle-passage-the-leaky_1744540.png) > [“Slave ships landed more than 1.5 million African captives on British Caribbean islands (primarily Jamaica and Barbados) by the late 1700s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-e-baptist/slave-ships-landed-more-than-1-5-million-african-captives-on-british/) [Edward E. Baptist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-e-baptist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/edward-e-baptist-26840_north-america_slave-ships-landed-more-than-1-5-million_2973258.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slave-ships/#itemlist", "name": "Slave ships Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People can be slave-ships in shoes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zora Neale Hurston" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zora-neale-hurston/people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/zora-neale-hurston-923_fashion_people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes-73468_734686.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/zora-neale-hurston-923_fashion_people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes-73468_734686.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/zora-neale-hurston-923_fashion_people-can-be-slave-ships-in-shoes-73468_734686.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People can be slave-ships in shoes.” — Zora Neale Hurston", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I be off the slave ships, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kendrick Lamar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendrick-lamar/i-be-off-the-slave-ships-building-pyramids-writing-my-own-hieroglyphs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/kendrick-lamar-1241_building_i-be-off-the-slave-ships-building-pyrami_2791199.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/kendrick-lamar-1241_building_i-be-off-the-slave-ships-building-pyrami_2791199.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/kendrick-lamar-1241_building_i-be-off-the-slave-ships-building-pyrami_2791199.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I be off the slave ships, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs” — Kendrick Lamar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Morello" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-morello/sacrifice-and-neon-lights-slaveships-don-t-wait-love-many-trust-few/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/tom-morello-5390_late_sacrifice-and-neon-lights-slaveships-don_3081308.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/tom-morello-5390_late_sacrifice-and-neon-lights-slaveships-don_3081308.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/tom-morello-5390_late_sacrifice-and-neon-lights-slaveships-don_3081308.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...” — Tom Morello", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental terror, which was indeed its defining feature.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcus Rediker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement-lay-in-its-making-real-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/marcus-rediker-82332_abolitionist_the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement_1596760.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/marcus-rediker-82332_abolitionist_the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement_1596760.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/marcus-rediker-82332_abolitionist_the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement_1596760.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave…” — Marcus Rediker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. 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Skinner goes everywhere, from border crossings to brothels to bargaining sessions with dealers in human beings, to bring us this vivid, searing account of the wide network of human trafficking and servitude which spans today's globe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Hochschild" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hochschild/in-his-fierce-bold-determination-to-see-the-lives-of-modern-day/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/adam-hochschild-4138_abolitionist_in-his-fierce-bold-determination-to-see_2357580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/adam-hochschild-4138_abolitionist_in-his-fierce-bold-determination-to-see_2357580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/adam-hochschild-4138_abolitionist_in-his-fierce-bold-determination-to-see_2357580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In his fierce, bold determination to see the lives of modern-day slaves up close, Benjamin Skinner reminds…” — Adam Hochschild", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came yesterday or walked this land a thousand years ago our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be One America. 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The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Henrik Clarke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/africans-in-the-united-states-must-remember-that-the-slave-ships/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/john-henrik-clarke-2865_africans_africans-in-the-united-states-must-remem_1044459.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/john-henrik-clarke-2865_africans_africans-in-the-united-states-must-remem_1044459.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/john-henrik-clarke-2865_africans_africans-in-the-united-states-must-remem_1044459.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no…” — John Henrik Clarke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was then riding at anchor, and waiting for its cargo. These filled me with astonishment, which was soon connected with terror, when I was carried on board. 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In North America, however, the numbers of the enslaved grew, except in the most malarial lowlands of the Carolina rice country. By 1775, 500,000 of the thirteen colonies’ 2.5 million inhabitants were slaves, about the same as the number of slaves then alive in the British Caribbean colonies. Slave labor was crucial to the North American colonies. Tobacco shipments from the”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward E. 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