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> [“Robert Bunch, revealed that less than a quarter of the Southern population owned all 3.5 million slaves. Even if slavery were abolished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/robert-bunch-revealed-that-less-than-a-quarter-of-the-southern/)

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

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> [From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-frist/from-slavery-to-segregation-we-remember-that-america-did-not-always/)

[Bill Frist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-frist/)

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> [The probability of the people in power being individuals who would dislike the possession and exercise of power is on a level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knight/the-probability-of-the-people-in-power-being-individuals-who-would/)

[Frank Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knight/)

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> [Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alveda-king/racism-is-a-way-to-gain-economic-advantage-at-the-expense-of-others/)

[Alveda King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alveda-king/)

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> [“Here we find the roots of American wealth and democracy—in the for-profit destruction of the most important asset available to any people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/here-we-find-the-roots-of-american-wealth-and-democracy-in-the-for/)

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

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> [“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature, opposition to it in his love of justice. These principles are an eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/slavery-is-founded-in-the-selfishness-of-man-s-nature-opposition-to/)

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

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> [Because of its exceptional capacity for self-criticism, the West took the initiative in abolishing slavery; the calls for abolition did not resonate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-warraq/because-of-its-exceptional-capacity-for-self-criticism-the-west-took/)

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

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> [The truth is that History, with its imposing capital H, is simply the amalgamation of many quotidian lives lived in very ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/the-truth-is-that-history-with-its-imposing-capital-h-is-simply-the/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

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> [“A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/a-man-is-always-a-little-shamefaced-on-his-wedding-day-like-a-fox/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

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> [“The first time he had taken the massa to one of these "high-falutin' to-dos," as Bell called them, Kunta had been all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/the-first-time-he-had-taken-the-massa-to-one-of-these-high-falutin-to/)

[Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/)

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> [Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/civil-rights-as-we-may-remember-are-reducible-to-three-primary-heads/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

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> [Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sogyal-rinpoche/devote-the-mind-to-confusion-and-we-know-only-too-well-if-we-re/)

[Sogyal Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sogyal-rinpoche/)

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> [The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-bunch/the-story-of-slavery-is-everybody-s-story-it-is-the-story-about-how/)

[Lonnie Bunch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-bunch/)

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> [“What made Bacon’s Rebellion especially fearsome for the rulers of Virginia was that black slaves and white servants joined forces. The final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/what-made-bacon-s-rebellion-especially-fearsome-for-the-rulers-of/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [“All that a man has in this world is his own will, the freedom to do what he desires. Taking away that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-hutson/all-that-a-man-has-in-this-world-is-his-own-will-the-freedom-to-do/)

[Alec Hutson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-hutson/)

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> [I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-repeat-the-declaration-made-a-year-ago-that-while-i-remain-in-my/)

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

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> [Every member of the society spies on the rest, and it is his duty to inform against them. All are slaves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/every-member-of-the-society-spies-on-the-rest-and-it-is-his-duty-to/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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> [This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/this-is-what-i-hold-against-slavery-may-come-a-time-when-i-forgive/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

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> [Slavery was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/slavery-was-established-by-decree-of-almighty-god-it-is-sanctioned-in/)

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

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> [In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/in-reality-there-are-no-biblical-literalists-only-selective/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

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> [Some are "industrious," and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/some-are-industrious-and-appear-to-love-labor-for-its-own-sake-or-2/)

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

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> [Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/is-life-so-dear-or-peace-so-sweet-as-to-be-purchased-at-the-price-of-2/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [We've gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we've all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scheuer/we-ve-gone-thorough-religious-wars-and-civil-wars-america-has-gone/)

[Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scheuer/)

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> [The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-master-not-only-governs-the-slave-without-his-consent-but-he/)

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

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> [Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States ... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/every-measure-of-prudence-therefore-ought-to-be-assumed-for-the/)

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

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> [I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/i-shall-oppose-all-slavery-extension-and-all-increase-of-slave/)

[Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/)

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> [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/)

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

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> [“questions which none seemed able to answer :How is it that white folks have everything and we have nothing? Slavery-how and why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chancellor-williams/questions-which-none-seemed-able-to-answer-how-is-it-that-white-folks/)

[Chancellor Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chancellor-williams/)

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> [There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-wittig/there-was-a-time-when-you-were-not-a-slave-remember-that-you-walked-2/)

[Monique Wittig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monique-wittig/)

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> [It is better to go near the truth and be imprisoned than to stay with the wrong and roam about freely, master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/it-is-better-to-go-near-the-truth-and-be-imprisoned-than-to-stay-with/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [Oddly, I'd been to most of the locations where I started photographing slavery many times before. I even considered some of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kristine/oddly-i-d-been-to-most-of-the-locations-where-i-started-photographing/)

[Lisa Kristine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kristine/)

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> [“I go back to the union man and say, “Sir, this is a house of God, not a proper place for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-ash/i-go-back-to-the-union-man-and-say-sir-this-is-a-house-of-god-not-a/)

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

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> [The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caleb-cushing/the-proceedings-of-this-house-in-1790-in-reference-to-petitions-on/)

[Caleb Cushing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caleb-cushing/)

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> [When you look at the history of slavery in the United States, and you see the impact that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-mazin/when-you-look-at-the-history-of-slavery-in-the-united-states-and-you/)

[Craig Mazin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-mazin/)

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> [When I think of this life I have led; the desolation of solitude it has been; the masoned, walled-town of a Captain's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/when-i-think-of-this-life-i-have-led-the-desolation-of-solitude-it/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/i-never-mean-unless-some-particular-circumstances-should-compel-it-to/)

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

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> [I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: 'If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' Well, then, if waterboarding does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/i-apply-the-abraham-lincoln-test-for-moral-casuistry-if-slavery-is/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-blunting-effects-of-slavery-upon-the-slaveholder-s-moral/)

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

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> [Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/nothing-could-be-more-jolting-and-discordant-with-the-vision-of-today/)

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

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> [The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/the-scheme-my-dear-marqs-which-you-propose-as-a-precedent-to/)

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

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                        "text": "“A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his greed overcame his better judgment. The menfolk laughed at Charlie that spring day, and said he was caught for sure now. As the bride, I was praised and fussed over, as if I had won a prize or done something marvelous that no one ever did before, and I could not help feeling pleased and clever that I had managed to turn myself from an ordinary girl into a shining bride. Now I think it is a dirty lie. The man is the one who is winning the game that day, though they always pretend they are not, and the poor girl bride is led into a trap of hard work and harsh words, the ripping of childbirth and the drubbing of her man's fists. It is the end of being young, but no one tells her so. Instead they make over her, and tell her how lucky she is. I wonder do slaves get dressed up in finery on the day they are sold.”",
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                        "text": "Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property. In a state of slavery, the two last are wholly abolished, the person of the slave being at the absolute disposal of his master; and property, what he is incapable, in that state, either of acquiring, or holding, in his own use. Hence, it will appear how perfectly irreconcilable a state of slavery is to the principles of a democracy, which form the basis and foundation of our government.",
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                        "text": "The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of how long we've been in this country. We hope that we can be a factor to both educate America around this subject but maybe more importantly help Americans finally wrestle with this, talk about it, debate it, because only through that conversation can we ever find the reconciliation healing that I think we all want.",
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                        "text": "“All that a man has in this world is his own will, the freedom to do what he desires. Taking away that is the greatest crime one can inflict upon another. Murder - it is terrible. But it is over in an instant and the dead never can truly understand what has happened to them. They are simply gone. But slavery - day after day, year after year shackled to the whims of another - it is the most heinous of crimes.”",
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                        "text": "We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There is no permanent class of hired laborers amongst us. Twenty-five years ago, I was a hired laborer. The hired laborer of yesterday, labors on his own account today; and will hire others to labor for him tomorrow.",
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                        "text": "“questions which none seemed able to answer :How is it that white folks have everything and we have nothing? Slavery-how and why did we become their slaves in the first place? White children go to fine brick, stone and marble schools nine months a year while we go to a ramshackle old barn-like building only five-and-ahalf months, then to the cotton fields. Why?”",
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                        "text": "There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent.",
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