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title: "Popular Slavery Proverbs"
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> [There must be sophistry in all this; but the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality, and, in fact, renders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-ann-jacobs/there-must-be-sophistry-in-all-this-but-the-condition-of-a-slave/)

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

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> [“Slavery is simply a possession of the mind, before the individual submits their spiritual component to the will of another person or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mwanandeke-kindembo/slavery-is-simply-a-possession-of-the-mind-before-the-individual/)

[Mwanandeke Kindembo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mwanandeke-kindembo/)

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> [“For the African race, such as Providence has made it, and where He has placed it in America, slavery was the righteous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lewis-dabney/for-the-african-race-such-as-providence-has-made-it-and-where-he-has/)

[Robert Lewis Dabney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lewis-dabney/)

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> [Most of us came here in chains and most of you came here to escape your chains. Your freedom was our slavery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-oliver-killens/most-of-us-came-here-in-chains-and-most-of-you-came-here-to-escape/)

[John Oliver Killens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-oliver-killens/)

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> [“To ameliorate & raise the standard of the workingmen to the bourgeois level, is perhaps to create a race of slaves content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/to-ameliorate-raise-the-standard-of-the-workingmen-to-the-bourgeois/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

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> [The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/the-slaves-were-simply-turned-loose-without-any-property-they-were/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-tubman/i-think-slavery-is-the-next-thing-to-hell-if-a-person-would-send/)

[Harriet Tubman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-tubman/)

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> [And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-treat-paine/and-ne-er-shall-the-sons-of-columbia-be-slaves-while-the-earth-bears/)

[Robert Treat Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-treat-paine/)

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> [“What is the true story of Fantine? It is the story of society's purchase of a slave. A slave purchased from poverty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/what-is-the-true-story-of-fantine-it-is-the-story-of-society-s/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adela-popescu/some-while-deploring-animal-abuses-on-the-same-breath-approve/)

[Adela Popescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adela-popescu/)

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> [There are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/there-are-a-million-boys-growing-up-in-the-united-states-who-have/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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> [“Slavery is as old as civilization, and has been practiced all over the world. It was ubiquitous in antiquity, and is taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone-smith/slavery-is-as-old-as-civilization-and-has-been-practiced-all-over-the/)

[David Livingstone Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone-smith/)

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> [“Many politicians and preachers defended slavery, citing the Bible’s approval of the practice, the inferiority of the African race, the value of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/many-politicians-and-preachers-defended-slavery-citing-the-bible-s/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [The slave frees himself when, of all the relations of private property, he abolishes only the relation of slavery and thereby becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-engels/the-slave-frees-himself-when-of-all-the-relations-of-private-property/)

[Friedrich Engels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-engels/)

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> [In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-charles-carey/in-this-country-protection-has-always-to-some-extent-existed-but-at/)

[Henry Charles Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-charles-carey/)

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> [Mr. President, the cause of this great discontent in the country, the cause of the evils which we now suffer and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-j-crittenden/mr-president-the-cause-of-this-great-discontent-in-the-country-the/)

[John J. Crittenden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-j-crittenden/)

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> [People who make war in order to escape slavery may possibly win…This will doubtless bring death and suffering to thousands…But people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-roberts/people-who-make-war-in-order-to-escape-slavery-may-possibly-win-this/)

[Kenneth Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-roberts/)

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> [“If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/if-the-pentateuch-is-not-inspired-in-its-astronomy-geology-geography/)

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

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> [“From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/from-the-first-day-i-met-her-she-was-the-only-woman-to-me-every-day/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [“Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-chaplin/machine-men-with-machine-minds-and-machine-hearts-you-are-not/)

[Charles Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-chaplin/)

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> [I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-lawrence/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-history-but-they-never-taught-negro/)

[Jacob Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-lawrence/)

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> [“In his home, no one around him saw anything wrong with the tyranny. Slavery was as customary as prisons are today. Few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibram-x-kendi/in-his-home-no-one-around-him-saw-anything-wrong-with-the-tyranny/)

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

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> [It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-mortenson/it-is-my-vision-that-we-all-will-dedicate-the-next-decade-to-achieve/)

[Greg Mortenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-mortenson/)

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> [People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. I guess the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/people-can-say-what-they-want-but-historically-feminism-in-the/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/the-money-that-we-possess-is-the-instrument-of-liberty-that-which-we/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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> [It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am Gods slave, not that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kedar-joshi/it-is-profoundly-tragic-that-i-am-a-slave-but-it-is-profoundly-joyous-2/)

[Kedar Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kedar-joshi/)

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> [Slavery had very little to do with the economic success of the West. Just look at the facts and figures and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-warraq/slavery-had-very-little-to-do-with-the-economic-success-of-the-west/)

[Ibn Warraq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-warraq/)

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> [I know that there are no limits to which the powers of privilege will not go to keep the workers in slavery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-jones/i-know-that-there-are-no-limits-to-which-the-powers-of-privilege-will/)

[Mother Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-jones/)

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> [It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-j-halle/it-is-the-nature-of-slavery-to-render-its-victims-so-abject-that-at/)

[Louis J. Halle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-j-halle/)

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> [Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/whenever-i-hear-anyone-arguing-for-slavery-i-feel-a-strong-impulse-to/)

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

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> [The Bible, in which these things are taught, favors drunkenness, murder, slavery, lying, stealing and lechery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-chilton-moore/the-bible-in-which-these-things-are-taught-favors-drunkenness-murder/)

[Charles Chilton Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-chilton-moore/)

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> [The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/the-slave-trade-though-nominally-abolished-is-actively-pursued-here/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

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> [Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/justice-needs-money-it-always-has-whether-for-abolition-of-slavery/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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> [“A person can be removed from slavery in an instant, but it takes a lifetime for slavery to be removed from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae-moore/a-person-can-be-removed-from-slavery-in-an-instant-but-it-takes-a/)

[Lecrae Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae-moore/)

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> [Freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/freedom-has-a-high-price-as-high-as-that-of-slavery-the-only/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walker/the-enemies-of-american-civilization-for-such-are-the-enemies-of/)

[William Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walker/)

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> [Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharan-burrow/illicit-trade-corrupts-corporations-and-governments-alike-allows/)

[Sharan Burrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharan-burrow/)

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> [Didn't we settle contraception & affirmative action? If the GOP keep going backwards they'll soon be debating slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-borowitz/didn-t-we-settle-contraception-affirmative-action-if-the-gop-keep/)

[Andy Borowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-borowitz/)

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> [A fundamental condition of Being is slavery. Man is the slave of God, and God that of His vanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kedar-joshi/a-fundamental-condition-of-being-is-slavery-man-is-the-slave-of-god/)

[Kedar Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kedar-joshi/)

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> [Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-weston-chapman/slavery-can-only-be-abolished-by-raising-the-character-of-the-people/)

[Maria Weston Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-weston-chapman/)

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                        "text": "“If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy, war, law, religious or political liberty, or the rights of men, women and children, what is it inspired in, or about? The unity of God?—that was believed long before Moses was born. Special providence?—that has been the doctrine of ignorance in all ages. The rights of property?—theft was always a crime. The sacrifice of animals?—that was a custom thousands of years before a Jew existed. The sacredness of life?—there have always been laws against murder. The wickedness of perjury?—truthfulness has always been a virtue. The beauty of chastity?—the Pentateuch does not teach it. Thou shalt worship no other God?—that has been the burden of all religions.”",
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                        "text": "“From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more, and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed the deck of that ship because I knew her dear feet had trod it. She was never engaged to me. She treated me as fairly as ever a woman treated a man. I have no complaint to make. It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man.”",
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                        "text": "“Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate: only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers, don’t fight for slavery, fight for liberty! You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then, in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world . . .”",
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                        "text": "I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro. I didn't [paint] just as a historical thing, but because I believe these things tie up with the Negro today. We don't have a physical slavery, but an economic slavery. If these people, who were so much worse off than the people today, could conquer their slavery, we can certainly do the same thing…I am not a politician. I'm an artist, just trying to do my part to bring this thing about.",
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                        "text": "“In his home, no one around him saw anything wrong with the tyranny. Slavery was as customary as prisons are today. Few could imagine an ordered world without them. Peter Jefferson had accumulated almost sixty captives by the 1750s, which made him the second-largest slaveholder in Albemarle County. Peter preached to his children the importance of self-reliance—oblivious of the contradiction—to which he credited his own success.”",
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                        "text": "It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls. More than 145 million of the world's children are deprived of education due to poverty, exploitation, slavery, gender discrimination, religious extremism, and corrupt governments. May Three Cups of Tea be a catalyst to bring the gift of literacy to each of those children who deserves a chance to go to school.",
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                        "text": "People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. I guess the best way of saying it is that no one could have survived what we survived - whether it was first extermination and slavery, then abandonment and erasure, then the series of gunboat two-bit dictatorships, followed by the final apotheosis of dictatorships, the Trujillato. You couldn't survive it without the resistance of this kind of woman.",
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                        "text": "The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.",
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                        "text": "It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am Gods slave, not that of a devil.",
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                        "text": "Slavery had very little to do with the economic success of the West. Just look at the facts and figures and how much slavery actually contributed to development.",
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                        "text": "I know that there are no limits to which the powers of privilege will not go to keep the workers in slavery",
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                        "text": "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.",
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                        "text": "The Bible, in which these things are taught, favors drunkenness, murder, slavery, lying, stealing and lechery.",
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