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> [In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/in-raising-a-people-from-slavery-to-freedom-you-have-called-them-to/)

[Joel Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-barlow/)

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> [Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-patrick/daily-i-expect-to-be-murdered-or-betrayed-or-reduced-to-slavery-if/)

[Saint Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-patrick/)

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> [I think that one thing that America is guilty of is not ever apologizing for the greatest sin of the country, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-lennix/i-think-that-one-thing-that-america-is-guilty-of-is-not-ever/)

[Harry Lennix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-lennix/)

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> [“By the early eighteenth century, every Virginia county had a militia of landless Whites “ready in case of any sudden eruption of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibram-x-kendi/by-the-early-eighteenth-century-every-virginia-county-had-a-militia/)

[Ibram X. Kendi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibram-x-kendi/)

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> [The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/the-conservative-knows-that-to-regard-man-as-part-of-an/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-northern-onslaught-upon-slavery-was-no-more-than-a-piece-of/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [I won't give up until the exploitation of all children has ended and all children have their rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-kielburger/i-won-t-give-up-until-the-exploitation-of-all-children-has-ended-and/)

[Craig Kielburger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-kielburger/)

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> [There are realities that one needs to deal with, but very often what we are told is political reality is merely cynicism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/payam-akhavan/there-are-realities-that-one-needs-to-deal-with-but-very-often-what/)

[Payam Akhavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/payam-akhavan/)

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> [“To the RKO motion picture camera at her 100th birthday party: “I pray for the day when working men and women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-ash/to-the-rko-motion-picture-camera-at-her-100th-birthday-party-i-pray/)

[Jerry Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-ash/)

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> [But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-slaves-that-once-conceive-the-glowing-thought-of-freedom-in-that/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [“Here, then, is the origin of Negro slavery. The reason was economic, not racial; it had to do not with the color…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-williams/here-then-is-the-origin-of-negro-slavery-the-reason-was-economic-not/)

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

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> [“But the language of slavery does more than merely picture the gospel. In fact, it is central to the message of salvation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-macarthur-jr/but-the-language-of-slavery-does-more-than-merely-picture-the-gospel/)

[John F. MacArthur Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-macarthur-jr/)

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> [Many, many people of the Revolutionary generation, the generation that fought in the Revolutionary War, understood that slavery was somehow in contradiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/many-many-people-of-the-revolutionary-generation-the-generation-that/)

[Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/)

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> [By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hodgkinson/by-taking-out-a-loan-i-am-committing-myself-to-years-of-interest/)

[Tom Hodgkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hodgkinson/)

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> [I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-think-that-one-of-the-causes-of-these-repeated-failures-is-that-our/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Could you have seen that mother clinging to her child, when they fastened the irons upon his wrists; could you have heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-ann-jacobs/could-you-have-seen-that-mother-clinging-to-her-child-when-they-2/)

[Harriet Ann Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-ann-jacobs/)

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> [The 'nations,' as they are called, with whom our pretended ambassadors, secretaries, presidents, and senators profess to make treaties, are as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-nations-as-they-are-called-with-whom-our-pretended-ambassadors/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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> [“Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt a sincere passion for liberty. The history of nations doomed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-allen/ever-since-i-arrived-to-a-state-of-manhood-i-have-felt-a-sincere/)

[Ethan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-allen/)

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> [“When I speak of God, I mean that god who prevented man from putting forth his hand and taking also of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/when-i-speak-of-god-i-mean-that-god-who-prevented-man-from-putting/)

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

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> [Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison, the only house in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/under-a-government-which-imprisons-any-unjustly-the-true-place-for-a-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/in-all-the-ages-the-roman-church-has-owned-slaves-bought-and-sold/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [What shall be said, then, of those who insist upon ignoring the question of slavery as not involved in this deadly feud,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/what-shall-be-said-then-of-those-who-insist-upon-ignoring-the/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

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> [I have told the story I was asked to tell. I have closed it, as so many stories close, with a joining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/i-have-told-the-story-i-was-asked-to-tell-i-have-closed-it-as-so-many/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“What the hell’s the matter with you men? Are you cowards as well as stupid? You boys make me sick. I’m done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-ash/what-the-hell-s-the-matter-with-you-men-are-you-cowards-as-well-as/)

[Jerry Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-ash/)

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> [I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/i-wish-from-my-soul-that-the-legislature-of-this-state-could-see-the/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-swisshelm/a-woman-with-her-two-children-was-captured-on-the-steps-of-the/)

[Jane Swisshelm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-swisshelm/)

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> [A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-holland/a-man-who-feels-that-his-religion-is-a-slavery-has-not-begun-to/)

[J. G. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-holland/)

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> [To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/to-take-a-person-out-of-slavery-takes-an-instant-to-take-slavery-out/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kitty-kelley/most-historians-agree-that-abraham-lincoln-was-the-most-important-man/)

[Kitty Kelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kitty-kelley/)

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> [The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-good-man-though-a-slave-is-free-the-wicked-though-he-reigns-is-a-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/although-slavery-may-have-been-abolished-the-crippling-poison-of/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

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> [What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/what-is-the-basic-the-essential-the-crucial-principle-that/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [“Banning the institution of slavery itself long remained only a distant hope in much of Africa and the Middle East, even after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/banning-the-institution-of-slavery-itself-long-remained-only-a/)

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

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> [Lincoln sees slavery in some ways as a theft of labor. A slave is a laborer who is being denied the fruits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-foner/lincoln-sees-slavery-in-some-ways-as-a-theft-of-labor-a-slave-is-a/)

[Eric Foner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-foner/)

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> [Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldwin-buckstone/why-should-we-break-up-our-snug-and-pleasant-party-time-was-made-for/)

John Baldwin Buckstone

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> [“The thing about oppression is this: when you hold someone down, you, too, have to be there to make sure they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darnell-lamont-walker/the-thing-about-oppression-is-this-when-you-hold-someone-down-you-too/)

[Darnell Lamont Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darnell-lamont-walker/)

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> [Slavery is theft - theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bales/slavery-is-theft-theft-of-a-life-theft-of-work-theft-of-any-property/)

[Kevin Bales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-bales/)

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> [If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-the-alternative-is-to-keep-all-just-men-in-prison-or-give-up-war/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/excess-of-liberty-whether-it-lies-in-state-or-individuals-seems-only/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-autocrat-of-all-the-russias-will-resign-his-crown-and-proclaim/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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                        "text": "I have told the story I was asked to tell. I have closed it, as so many stories close, with a joining of two people. What is one man's and one woman's love and desire, against the history of two worlds, the great revolutions of our lifetimes, the hope, the unending cruelty of our species? A little thing. But a key is a little thing, next to the door it opens. If you lose the key, the door may never be unlocked. It is in our bodies that we lose or begin our freedom, in our bodies that we accept or end our slavery. So I wrote this book for my friend, with whom I have lived and will die free.",
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                        "text": "“What the hell’s the matter with you men? Are you cowards as well as stupid? You boys make me sick. I’m done with you. You hear me? I want you to go back to your places now and stay with your children until I say you’re needed. “Tell your wives and your older children to bring with them dish pans and cooking pots. Tell them to bring their stirring spoons and ladles. Tell them to carry a mop over their shoulders. We’re goin’ to march on that mine and we’re going to stand guard to see that no scabs are allowed in. Do you hear me?” — Mother Jones”",
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                        "text": "I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.",
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                        "text": "The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but- what is worse - the slave of as many masters as he has vices.",
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