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title: "Slavery Words and Sayings"
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> [“It was like a dream, a beautiful, soothing dream of late autumn: low, gray skies, smell of woodsmoke, fallen leaves crackling beneath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-banks/it-was-like-a-dream-a-beautiful-soothing-dream-of-late-autumn-low/)

[Russell Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-banks/)

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> [Britain beat us to the abolition of slavery; the Isle of Man, New Zealand, and Finland all decided to give women the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bari-weiss/britain-beat-us-to-the-abolition-of-slavery-the-isle-of-man-new/)

[Bari Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bari-weiss/)

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> [Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for LIBERTY! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/don-t-fight-for-slavery-fight-for-liberty-you-the-people-have-the/)

[Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/)

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> [“She had been expected to learn the subtleties of court life, and while mastery of these arts would have never gained her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brassey/she-had-been-expected-to-learn-the-subtleties-of-court-life-and-while/)

[Joseph Brassey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brassey/)

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> [“There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-are-thousands-who-are-in-opinion-opposed-to-slavery-and-to-the/)

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

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> [Liberty and freedom were the primary reason that people wanted to come here. They wanted to escape bondage, slavery, tyranny, poverty, whatever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/liberty-and-freedom-were-the-primary-reason-that-people-wanted-to/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [If you are not the victim, don't examine it entirely from your point of view because when YOU'RE not the victim, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-yourofsky/if-you-are-not-the-victim-don-t-examine-it-entirely-from-your-point/)

[Gary Yourofsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-yourofsky/)

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> [The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-people-made-worse-off-by-slavery-were-those-who-were-enslaved/)

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

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> [What is freedom? What is slavery? Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say No, in so far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-bakunin/what-is-freedom-what-is-slavery-does-man-s-freedom-consist-in/)

[Mikhail Bakunin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-bakunin/)

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> [“In mechanical terms, humans are quite efficient converters of food into energy, so human slaves were often more valuable than animal slaves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-christian/in-mechanical-terms-humans-are-quite-efficient-converters-of-food/)

[David Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-christian/)

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> [I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-hold-it-to-be-a-paramount-duty-of-us-in-the-free-states-due-to-the/)

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

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> [What I'm slowly realizing is that I believe that most of us felt that we could relax a little bit after November…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/questlove/what-i-m-slowly-realizing-is-that-i-believe-that-most-of-us-felt-that/)

[Questlove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/questlove/)

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> [We are a free people; and now you have planted in our country the title deeds of our future slavery. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-diderot/we-are-a-free-people-and-now-you-have-planted-in-our-country-the/)

[Denis Diderot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-diderot/)

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> [Raphael painted, Luther preached, Corneille wrote, and Milton sang; and through it all, for four hundred years, the dark captives wound to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/raphael-painted-luther-preached-corneille-wrote-and-milton-sang-and/)

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

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> [Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-schreiner/slavery-may-perhaps-be-best-compared-to-the-infantile-disease-of/)

[Olive Schreiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-schreiner/)

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> [It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/it-is-up-to-each-and-every-one-of-us-to-raise-our-voice-against/)

[Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/)

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> [The anti-slavery parties were also called spoilers, including the Republican party that went on not just to abolish slavery but they actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/the-anti-slavery-parties-were-also-called-spoilers-including-the/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/slavery-is-so-vile-and-miserable-an-estate-of-man-and-so-directly/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathanael-greene/it-had-been-happy-for-me-if-i-could-have-lived-a-private-life-in/)

[Nathanael Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathanael-greene/)

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> [Our mission has been the protection of the wage-worker, now; to increase his wages; to cut hours off the long workday, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-gompers/our-mission-has-been-the-protection-of-the-wage-worker-now-to/)

[Samuel Gompers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-gompers/)

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> [“I am well aware that one can't get along without domineering or being served. Every man needs slaves as he needs fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-am-well-aware-that-one-can-t-get-along-without-domineering-or-being/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [Let it be said that when given a chance to complete the liberation of black Americans, on June 23, 2003 five justices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-connerly/let-it-be-said-that-when-given-a-chance-to-complete-the-liberation-of/)

[Ward Connerly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-connerly/)

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> [“(it is striking that when slavery was abolished, the British government paid compensation, not to the men and women so inhumanely pressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/it-is-striking-that-when-slavery-was-abolished-the-british-government/)

[Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/)

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> [“There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be reckoning yet ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-s-a-sin-a-fearful-sin-resting-on-this-nation-that-will-not-go-2/)

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

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> [Nor is the guilt entirely with the warmongers, plutocrats and demagogues. If people permit exploitation and regimentation in any name, they deserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-parsons/nor-is-the-guilt-entirely-with-the-warmongers-plutocrats-and/)

[Jack Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-parsons/)

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> [I remember, growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't really get into the gritty bits of slavery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldis-hodge/i-remember-growing-up-as-a-kid-history-class-was-very-washed-over/)

[Aldis Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldis-hodge/)

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> [My message is, is that although some of you didn't agree with the actions we took, now let's work together to rebuild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/my-message-is-is-that-although-some-of-you-didn-t-agree-with-the/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/there-are-those-who-would-keep-us-slipping-back-into-the-darkness-of/)

[Carol Moseley Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-moseley-braun/)

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> [The teachings of Elijah Muhammad on how black people have been brainwashed.How they've been taught to love white and hate black, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-teachings-of-elijah-muhammad-on-how-black-people-have-been/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/on-this-international-day-for-the-abolition-of-slavery-let-us/)

[Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/)

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> [We, the Black people of America, were chosen by Allah: Not to be "special" in the sense that we are better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/we-the-black-people-of-america-were-chosen-by-allah-not-to-be-special/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [You can reasonably make the intellectual journey from thinking it's permissible to eat shrimp to thinking it's not permissible, or vice versa,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-wilson/you-can-reasonably-make-the-intellectual-journey-from-thinking-it-s/)

[Catherine Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-wilson/)

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> [The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-ant-who-has-toiled-and-dragged-a-crumb-to-his-nest-will-furiously/)

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

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> [ “\[A\]ll that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—\[is\] the long terrible story of man trying to find… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/a-ll-that-we-call-human-history-money-poverty-ambition-war/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [How do you talk about the Holocaust? How do you talk about slavery? Probably the best thing to do is just be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-edgar-wideman/how-do-you-talk-about-the-holocaust-how-do-you-talk-about-slavery/)

[John Edgar Wideman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-edgar-wideman/)

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> [So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/so-far-from-engaging-in-a-war-to-perpetuate-slavery-i-am-rejoiced-2/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> ["We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element of strength to those who had their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-must-free-the-slaves-or-be-ourselves-subdued-the-slaves-were/)

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

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> [Slavery is the most insane thing... I don't know that we've ever seen in history, but it's got to be close. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-brennan/slavery-is-the-most-insane-thing-i-don-t-know-that-we-ve-ever-seen-in/)

[Neal Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-brennan/)

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> [Being a slave meant never having the stability of knowing your family would be together as many years as God designed it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/being-a-slave-meant-never-having-the-stability-of-knowing-your-family/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-hopkins/in-a-word-if-any-kind-of-slavery-can-be-vindicated-by-the-holy/)

[Samuel Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-hopkins/)

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                        "text": "We are a free people; and now you have planted in our country the title deeds of our future slavery. You are neither god nor demon; who are you, then, to make slaves? Orou! You understand the language of these men, tell us all, as you have told me, what they have written on this sheet of metal: This country is ours. This country yours? And why? Because you have walked thereon? If a Tahitian landed one day on your shores, and scratched on one of your rocks or on the bark of your trees: This country belongs to the people of Tahiti - what would you think?",
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                        "text": "We, the Black people of America, were chosen by Allah: Not to be \"special\" in the sense that we are better than others, but chosen because of the uniqueness of our position inside of America, and 460 years under slavery, neo-slavery, and injustice, to carry a message to the whole of humanity.",
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