“The white man's cruelest trick was not to conquer or even enslave, but simply to soften, weaken and corrupt every culture or… — Tom Cain Copy Share Image
As the feudal system retained many of the elements of slavery, modified by the traditions, customs, and practices of the primitive communities,… — Joshua K. Ingalls Copy Share Image
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom… The subjection of individuals… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I found a correlation between the spreading of democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise in slavery. Now,… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
Slavery as an institution that degraded man to a thing has never died out. In some periods of history it has flourished:… — Milton Meltzer Copy Share Image
Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North,… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The North understand it better - they have told us for twenty years that their object was to pen up slavery within… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Man! The most complex of creatures, and for this reason the most dependant of creatures. On everything that has formed you, you… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“While adoration periodically crept into the relationships between slaves and overseers, their most unsavory interactions provided the inexplicable narrative for a dark… — Trevor P. Wardlaw Copy Share Image
Woman--with a capital letter--should by now have ceased to be a specialty. There should be no more need of "movements" on her… — Mary Virginia Terhune Copy Share Image
In 1807, Britain led the way in abolishing the global slave trade. In 2015, Theresa May built on that historic achievement with… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still… — James Forten Copy Share Image
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
“Some are born rich While others poor; Some are born free While others captives; Some are born blessed While others deprived; Some… — Emmanuel Aghado Copy Share Image
“The reason we don't notice the fact that we have no say over the decisions that actually shape our society and economy… — Morgan Guyton Copy Share Image
Enslavement is when one person completely controls another person, uses violence or violent threats to maintain that control, exploits them economically, and… — Julia Ormond Copy Share Image
Slavery is a condition imposed upon individuals or races not sufficiently able to protect or defend themselves, and so long as a… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, a history book in school will talk about the Underground Railroad as if it's one sentence. But thousands of people decided… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
Biblical law permits voluntary slavery because it recognizes that some people are not able to maintain a position of independence . .… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln [and] you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why?… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
A strong human spirit with control over appetites of the flesh is master over emotions and passions and not a slave to… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though we think… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
“You must abolish your slavery yourselves. Do not depend for its abolition upon god or a superman. Remember that it is not… — B.R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“It is to point out that at this late hour, the totems of the empire of slavery—chief among them, its flag—still enjoy… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Today the insatiable quest for profit promotes the new slavery. In bewildering ways, the new is more pernicious than the old, for… — Gerry Spence 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
It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction… — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
“Animal welfarism is a blatant lie. Anyone who truly cares for the welfare of another, would never dream of exploiting them. For… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
“Everybody granted that if "Tom" were white and free it would be unquestionably right to punish him--it would be no loss to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Women have always struggled with their men-folk for the abolition of slavery, the liberation of countries from colonialism, the dismantling of apartheid… — Gertrude Mongella Copy Share Image
“Most of us spend all our working life dreaming of doing nothing, then when we end up doing nothing, we long for… — Robert Black Copy Share Image
“English: "The greatest known freedom is the freest known form of slavery." Česky: „Největší známá svoboda je nejvolnější známý druh otroctví.” — Sebastián Wortys Copy Share Image
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