The whole history between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is complicated. We share the island of Hispaniola, and Haiti occupied the Dominican… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association” — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
Sometimes our Boss no right to down their servants,the problem is the servants can't do to fight for themselves.. — Mariane Corbito Copy Share Image
Feudalism, serfdom, slavery, all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kind to rule, springing out of, and necessarily to, a bad… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
It was Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Wendell Phillips - these were the people who made abolition real. Now, none of… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Plato defined a slave as one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct. This condition obtains even where there… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
The anti-slavery parties were also called spoilers, including the Republican party that went on not just to abolish slavery but they actually… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Only by acknowledging the full extent of slavery's full grip on U.S. Society - its intimate connections to present day wealth and… — Douglas A. Blackmon Copy Share Image
Harriet Tubman, woman of earth, whipscarred, a summoning, a shinning — Robert Hayden Copy Share Image
By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
“I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
They're not leading our people toward any kind of independence, but they're using their positions and their education and their talent to… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I recognize the inequities certain cultures have to go through. I understand the history of slavery. I know all those things. But… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
Enslave a man and you destroy his ambition, his enterprise, his capacity. In the constitution of human nature, the desire of bettering… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
