The first Western attempt to save Africa from itself was in the late 19th century. It was led by Christian missionaries who… — Andrew Mwenda Copy Share Image
“We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Evidence has proven that Secretary Mayorkas' sustained and willful betrayal of the public trust makes him an accessory to the poisoning of… — John E. James Copy Share Image
We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Im generally of the view that we should know the names of those who enacted and justified imperial power - but only… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
We know that enlightened capital didn't get rid of the slave trade. — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
“By 1750, Rhode Island was recognized as the nation’s most active trading center for slaves.7 In 1774, Newport was declared the most… — Cynthia Mestad Johnson Copy Share Image
“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were just those who… — Scott Sauls Copy Share Image
The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
“By the time the slave trade ended, the Caribbean had taken an estimated 50 percent of the roughly fifteen million African slaves… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
Ending the slave trade was contrary to British economic interests. For all its limitations and hypocrisies - British slavery itself, of course,… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“[...] the governor of the Hijaz sent an order to the district governor of Mecca prohibiting the trade in slaves. The district… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“Some say that because the United States was wrong before, it cannot possibly be right now, or has not the right to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade -… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
“On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
Hispanic gives us all one ultimate paternal cultural progenitor: Spain. The diverse cultures already on the American shores when the Europeans arrived,… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
“all human life is sacred, I wonder why the mass killings of Africans is not publicized and taught in schools like the… — Alemayehu Mekonnen Copy Share Image
“In answer to 'But violence hasn't solved anything!' The hell it hasn't. The application of violence - of killing and a willingness… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that without complex business partnerships between African elites and European traders and commercial agents, the slave trade to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Moreover, the industrial revolution in the United States, as in most of Europe, depended significantly upon a slave trade that involved elaborate… — Mark Lewis Taylor Copy Share Image
“There are more slaves in the world today (best estimate—27 million) than were extracted from Africa during 400 years of the transatlantic… — Gary A. Haugen Copy Share Image
