Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it. — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
“Free is he who is reputable for not being fearful of losing his reputation.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“…I would rather lay down my life for others’ freedom than die quietly in slavery.” — Kathy Tyers Copy Share Image
There are a few men whom slavery holds fast, but there are many more who hold fast to slavery. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Slavery will not be overthrown without excitement, a most tremendous excitement. — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
When the citizens of Baltimore banded together to repel the British during the War of 1812, three in five were immigrants, and… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
“She had been nothing but a beloved bauble passed from a mother to a son, a decoration of vanity, devoid of identity.” — D. Morgenstern Copy Share Image
As far as sex slavery goes, in Canada, if the woman has a Canadian accent, I'm confident that she hasn't been trafficked… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
The abolition of slavery was driven by the King James Bible. It gave slaves a common language and purpose. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes,… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
All societies have these cases. There are many, many crime cases that remain famous from the times of the Romans. The Bible… — Bill James Copy Share Image
“If Blacks did not violently resist, then they were cast as naturally servile. And yet, whenever they did fight, reactionary commentators, in… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
Glittering things can screw very much,Why we behind is not by the desire, it is by the passion.The desire has end ,… — Sumesh Nair Copy Share Image
All that rejection from Republicans has a bit of a racist element. It was very necessary to have a black president, and… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Slavery, you know, is nothing else than the unwilling labor of many. Therefore to get rid of slavery it is necessary that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If there be any man who thinks the ruin of a race of men a small matter, compared with the last decoration… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“All that a man has in this world is his own will, the freedom to do what he desires. Taking away that… — Alec Hutson Copy Share Image
“What made Bacon’s Rebellion especially fearsome for the rulers of Virginia was that black slaves and white servants joined forces. The final… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I never heard weeping like that before or after; not from a child, nor a man wounded in the palm, nor a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The first time he had taken the massa to one of these "high-falutin' to-dos," as Bell called them, Kunta had been all… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I would have sold my wife and children into slavery for a ride into space. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
