The idea that the West was economically successful because of slavery, it's just nonsense. — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery. — David Swanson Copy Share Image
It is the man who can think of no alternative to his enslavement who is truly a slave. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery. — Samuel Hopkins Copy Share Image
We need a Slavery Remembrance Day... we also need to accord dignity and respect to the enslaved people... with a Congressional gold… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
All restraints upon man's natural liberty, not necessary for the simple maintenance of justice, are of the nature of slavery, and differ… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the issue of… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Could slavery suggest a more complete servility than some of these journals exhibit? Is there any dust which their conduct does not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
TRUTH: When a child believes he must win to be worthy, when young adults define themselves by what they do and not… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
You need at this time especially to know that you are fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder. — Eugene V. Debs 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both *may*… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It was not that “slave trade profits” flowed through some fiendish channels into the dark satanic mills. But the burgeoning Atlantic trade… — Gavin Wright Copy Share Image
Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit… — David Rice Copy Share Image
The other slaves in the field never let that house slave knew - know what they were really thinking. If the house… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“The 1860s ushered in a number of changes that profoundly transformed the nation. While the emancipation of enslaved people and the increased… — Jim Downs Copy Share Image
I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness. Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism,… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
