. . . what a burning shame it is that many of the pieces on the subject of slavery and the slave… — Robert Purvis Copy Share Image
The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the… — David W. Blight Copy Share Image
“Palo Mayombe is perhaps best known for its display of human skulls in iron cauldrons and accompanied by necromantic practices that contribute… — Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold Copy Share Image
Of course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
Great, America Great The god of all nations Lord of all states Voice of the voiceless Strength of the weak Eyes of… — Ezekiel Peace Igbodo (aka Copy Share Image
The mere toleration of the slave trade could not make slavery itself - the right of property in man - lawful any… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
That's our mirror. Every dip, every crash, every bubble that's burst, a testament to our brilliant stupidity. This one gave us the… — Lucy Prebble Copy Share Image
“We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Britain's historic decision to ban the international slave trade in the early nineteenth century entailed a large and long-run political and military… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The American revolution not only cost Britain the 13 colonies but also forced it to rethink the slave trade and slavery, and… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The idea of making a film - a film that I had certainly never seen before - about the slave experience was… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“It may be underfunded and at times mismanaged, but the [Endangered Species] Act is an unprecedented attempt to delegate human-caused extinction to… — Joe Roman Copy Share Image
“The main substantive achievement of neoliberalization, however, has been to redistribute, rather than to generate, wealth and income. …[T]his was achieved under… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
“The Compromise of 1850 was authored by the legendary Whig politician Henry Clay. In addition to admitting California to the Union as… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Palo Mayombe is perhaps best known for its display of human skulls in iron cauldrons and accompanied by necromantic practices that contribute… — Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold Copy Share Image
“The second answer is that we just need more patience – paradise, the capitalists promise, is right around the corner. True, mistakes… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
From that date the abandonment of the older State proceeded with a rapidity never before known, and with it grew the domestic… — Henry Charles Carey Copy Share Image
The American sense of the importance, the fundamental importance of the black-white dichotomy, comes out of societies founded in the era of… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
