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title: "Famous Slavery Thoughts"
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> [“Blind faith is just another word for slavery”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genevieve-cogman/blind-faith-is-just-another-word-for-slavery/)

[Genevieve Cogman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genevieve-cogman/)

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> [He who learns death unlearns slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/he-who-learns-death-unlearns-slavery/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [Security without freedom means slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/security-without-freedom-means-slavery/)

[Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/)

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> [“Slavery never died, it just changed form.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/slavery-never-died-it-just-changed-form/)

[Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/)

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> [A free man chooses, a slave obeys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ryan/a-free-man-chooses-a-slave-obeys/)

[Andrew Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ryan/)

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> [War is horrible, but slavery is worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/war-is-horrible-but-slavery-is-worse/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [It aint easy to liberate a happy slave...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markson-bero/it-aint-easy-to-liberate-a-happy-slave/)

[Markson Bero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markson-bero/)

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> [I am your child, not your slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucila-navarro/i-am-your-child-not-your-slave/)

Lucila Navarro

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> [I would rather die upon yonder gallows, than live in slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-sharpe/i-would-rather-die-upon-yonder-gallows-than-live-in-slavery/)

Samuel Sharpe

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> [I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-escaped-from-slavery-and-became-a-leading-abolitionist-and-speaker/)

[Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/)

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> [Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-t-jones/slavery-is-a-memory-of-something-we-cannot-remember-and-yet-we-cannot/)

[Bill T. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-t-jones/)

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> [Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evans/slavery-was-ungodly-unrighteous-and-unbiblical/)

[Tony Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evans/)

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> [Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/most-men-today-cannot-conceive-of-a-freedom-that-does-not-involve/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

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> [Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-williams/slavery-was-not-born-of-racism-rather-racism-was-the-consequence-of/)

[Eric Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-williams/)

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> [He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/he-is-sometimes-slave-who-should-be-master-and-sometimes-master-who/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banksy/the-difference-between-freedom-and-slavery-is-one-thin-line/)

[Banksy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banksy/)

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> [Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but to do away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/where-were-the-saints-to-try-to-change-the-social-order-not-just-to/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

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> [Formerly when a man worked ten hours a day, it was called economic slavery; nowadays it is called moonlighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-esar/formerly-when-a-man-worked-ten-hours-a-day-it-was-called-economic/)

[Evan Esar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-esar/)

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> [“I am grateful, and would thank the Gods(if there were any to thank) that I have finally mastered this art of forgetting--of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryl-phillips/i-am-grateful-and-would-thank-the-gods-if-there-were-any-to-thank/)

[Caryl Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryl-phillips/)

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> [It is high time that the women of Republican America should know how much the laws that govern them are like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriot-kezia-hunt/it-is-high-time-that-the-women-of-republican-america-should-know-how/)

[Harriot Kezia Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriot-kezia-hunt/)

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> [“The world dominance of Great Britain enabled it to impose its anti-slavery edicts on many other sovereign nations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-world-dominance-of-great-britain-enabled-it-to-impose-its-anti/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/to-see-an-african-american-elected-president-means-that-this-country/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [Right before The Civil War, only 8% of white people owned slaves. Some plantations would have hundreds and hundreds of slaves, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/right-before-the-civil-war-only-8-of-white-people-owned-slaves-some/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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> [“If these slaves had only any future, anything to hope for, to strive for, to live for, any prospect before them, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrika-bremer/if-these-slaves-had-only-any-future-anything-to-hope-for-to-strive/)

[Fredrika Bremer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrika-bremer/)

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> [My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-singletary/my-writing-is-definitely-influenced-by-and-speaks-to-african/)

[Michelle Singletary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-singletary/)

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> [I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/i-would-have-the-constitution-torn-in-shreds-and-scattered-to-the/)

[William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/)

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> [Part of the reason why we're only now reaching a point in American society where we can talk about the need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/part-of-the-reason-why-we-re-only-now-reaching-a-point-in-american/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

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> [To be honest, it was slavery. Nobody should have any romantic ideas about working underground. It's very, very dangerous. You always knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/to-be-honest-it-was-slavery-nobody-should-have-any-romantic-ideas/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

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> [Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxims, Laissez-faire and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-fitzhugh/political-economy-is-the-science-of-free-society-its-theory-and-its/)

George Fitzhugh

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> [“There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/there-was-a-period-when-the-capitalist-system-increased-the-well/)

[Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/)

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> [Slavery wasn't something that grew up in the American South. and black people were not the first to be slaves in America.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/slavery-wasn-t-something-that-grew-up-in-the-american-south-and-black/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

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> [“I kept traveling down the road. And everywhere it was the same. What was my name, who were my people? What was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-brubaker-bradley/i-kept-traveling-down-the-road-and-everywhere-it-was-the-same-what/)

[Kimberly Brubaker Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-brubaker-bradley/)

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> [I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/i-have-simplified-my-politics-into-an-utter-detestation-of-all/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

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> [The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-conflict-between-the-principle-of-liberty-and-the-fact-of-slavery-2/)

[John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/)

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> [“by the 1840s the North had built a complex, industrialized economy on the backs of enslaved people and their highly profitable cotton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-e-baptist/by-the-1840s-the-north-had-built-a-complex-industrialized-economy-on/)

[Edward E. Baptist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-e-baptist/)

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> [“American slavery was specifically racist slavery. It could not exist apart from racism, and could not be separated from it. Slavery was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-mcdurmon/american-slavery-was-specifically-racist-slavery-it-could-not-exist/)

Joel McDurmon

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> [“It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/it-was-not-until-the-year-1808-that-great-britain-abolished-the-slave/)

[Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/)

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> [With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have to realize what that implies. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/with-regard-to-the-idea-of-whether-you-have-a-right-to-health-care/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [I'm not pessimistic, because poor people tend to bounce back. We've been through worse than this - working people been through worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/i-m-not-pessimistic-because-poor-people-tend-to-bounce-back-we-ve/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible. . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/let-the-gentleman-go-to-revelation-to-learn-the-decree-of-god-let-him/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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                        "text": "“by the 1840s the North had built a complex, industrialized economy on the backs of enslaved people and their highly profitable cotton labor. Yet, although all northern whites had benefited from the deepened exploitation of enslaved people, many northern whites were now willing to use politics to oppose further expansions of slavery. The words that the survivors of slavery’s expansion had carried”",
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                        "text": "“American slavery was specifically racist slavery. It could not exist apart from racism, and could not be separated from it. Slavery was a massive institution, but its evil was only enabled by the constraints of law and power. Change the law, and you can end the slaver, for the slavery rested on law. But racism rests in the heart and mind. You can change laws, but changing hearts is a whole different matter. Once the slavery was taken away, the racism still existed. The hearts of millions of whiles hated and despised blacks just as before, only now even more so. Now they would have the added insult of an occupying government and military force attempting to make them live as equals - politically at the very least. If the racism remained, unrepentant and unhealed - and it certainly did - the evil would only manifest in a new way.”",
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                        "text": "“It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon the bench in the name of justice, her priests, occupying her pulpits, in the name of universal love, owned stock in the slave ships, and luxuriated upon the profits of piracy and murder. It was not until the same year that the United States of America abolished the slave trade between this and other countries, but carefully preserved it as between the States. It was not until the 28th day of August, 1833, that Great Britain abolished human slavery in her colonies; and it was not until the 1st day of January, 1863, that Abraham Lincoln , sustained by the sublime and heroic North, rendered our flag pure as the sky in which it floats. Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: 'Here sleeps the only man in the history of the world, who, having been clothed with almost absolute power, never abused it, except upon the side of mercy.' Think how long we clung to the institution of human slavery, how long lashes upon the naked back were a legal tender for labor performed. Think of it. With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty.”",
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                        "text": "With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery. It means that you’re going to enslave not only me, but the janitor at my hospital, the person who cleans my office, the assistants who work in my office, the nurses.",
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                        "text": "I'm not pessimistic, because poor people tend to bounce back. We've been through worse than this - working people been through worse than this. We've got slavery and Jim Crow. We've got workers with no rights up until '35. We're going to bounce back. We are resilient, resisting people. So, it's not pessimism, but it is blues-like. It's not optimistic. We're just prisoners of hope, that's all.",
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                        "text": "Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible. . . . I said that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible, authorized, regulated, and recognized from Genesis to Revelation. . . . Slavery existed then in the earliest ages, and among the chosen people of God; and in Revelation we are told that it shall exist till the end of time shall come. You find it in the Old and New Testaments - in the prophecies, psalms, and the epistles of Paul; you find it recognized - sanctioned everywhere.",
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