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title: "Slavery Thoughts and Sayings"
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> [The tolerance of wrong dulls our sense of its injustice. Men may become accustomed to theft, murder, even to slavery - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-george/the-tolerance-of-wrong-dulls-our-sense-of-its-injustice-men-may/)

[Henry George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-george/)

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> [I finally got to watch 'Roots' in my mid-teens, on a video rental. Slowly and meticulously Roots fed its black characters through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/i-finally-got-to-watch-roots-in-my-mid-teens-on-a-video-rental-slowly/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

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> [ A \[desire\] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and \[Virginia legislators\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/a-desire-to-abolish-slavery-prevails-in-north-america-many-of-the/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/above-all-i-ask-leaders-and-legislators-and-the-entire-international/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [As it becomes more and more difficult to get land, so will the virtual enslavement of the laboring-classe s go on. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-george/as-it-becomes-more-and-more-difficult-to-get-land-so-will-the-virtual/)

[Henry George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-george/)

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> [I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krs-one/i-think-that-hip-hop-should-be-spelled-with-a-capital-h-and-as-one-2/)

[KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krs-one/)

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> [What Thomas DiLorenzo misses is that the other abolitions were either very limited as in the liberation of the serfs by Alexander…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/what-thomas-dilorenzo-misses-is-that-the-other-abolitions-were-either/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

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> [“It is the story of society's purchase of a slave. A slave purchased from poverty, hunger, cold, loneliness, defenselessness, destitution. A squalid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-is-the-story-of-society-s-purchase-of-a-slave-a-slave-purchased/)

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

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> [“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/work-or-die-this-is-the-essence-of-slavery-of-compulsion-and-yet-this/)

[Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/)

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> [Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/blacks-were-not-enslaved-because-they-were-black-but-because-they/)

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

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> [I think comedy allows people to accept the more difficult parts of history. And history, if it's presented wrong, is just very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/i-think-comedy-allows-people-to-accept-the-more-difficult-parts-of/)

[James McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcbride/)

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> [“Perhaps it was not really possible for slavery to die peacefully and quietly, while everyone waited hat in hand for the mills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-catton/perhaps-it-was-not-really-possible-for-slavery-to-die-peacefully-and/)

[Bruce Catton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-catton/)

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> [“Jimmy said, "We survived slavery. Think about that. Not because we were strong. The American Indians were strong, and they were on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/jimmy-said-we-survived-slavery-think-about-that-not-because-we-were/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“It takes no more research than a trip to almost any public library or college to show the incredibly lopsided coverage of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/it-takes-no-more-research-than-a-trip-to-almost-any-public-library-or/)

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

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> [Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brown/whereas-slavery-throughout-its-entire-existence-in-the-united-states/)

[John Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brown/)

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> [Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/although-all-men-are-born-free-slavery-has-been-the-general-lot-of/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [First then, it is apparent, horribly apparent, that the slavery question rides insolently over every other everywhere - in fact that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-benning/first-then-it-is-apparent-horribly-apparent-that-the-slavery-question/)

[Henry L. Benning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-benning/)

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> [As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brown-gordon/as-for-the-south-it-is-enough-to-say-that-perhaps-eighty-per-cent-of/)

[John Brown Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brown-gordon/)

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> [As black people, we want our story to be this constant ascendance from slavery. But it's not like that. You push and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/as-black-people-we-want-our-story-to-be-this-constant-ascendance-from/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

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> [Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-woolman/many-slaves-on-this-continent-are-oppressed-and-their-cries-have/)

[John Woolman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-woolman/)

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> [While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/while-we-see-the-course-of-the-final-abolition-of-human-slavery-is/)

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

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> [27th, join us and other Freedom Fighters from around the world as we SHINE A LIGHT ON SLAVERY. Draw a RED X…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/27th-join-us-and-other-freedom-fighters-from-around-the-world-as-we/)

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

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> [When you think about the abolition of slavery for example, for the ruling class with the rich white people owning plantations and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-you-think-about-the-abolition-of-slavery-for-example-for-the/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [... As long as you continue to tar social democracy with all the crimes of communism, I feel equally entitled to tar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-erwin/as-long-as-you-continue-to-tar-social-democracy-with-all-the-crimes/)

[Greg Erwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-erwin/)

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> [It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-b-anthony/it-is-often-asserted-that-as-woman-has-always-been-man-s-slave/)

[Susan B. Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-b-anthony/)

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> [I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-grimke/i-appeal-to-you-my-friends-as-mothers-are-you-willing-to-enslave-your/)

[Angelina Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-grimke/)

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> [The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-churchwell/the-legacy-of-slavery-comes-from-the-sustained-political-legal-and/)

[Sarah Churchwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-churchwell/)

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> [“Although slavery has long been a part of human history, American chattel slavery represents a case of human trauma incomparable in scope,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-degruy-leary/although-slavery-has-long-been-a-part-of-human-history-american/)

[Joy Degruy Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-degruy-leary/)

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> [Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/feudalism-serfdom-slavery-all-tyrannical-institutions-are-merely-the-2/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [Yes, twenty-seven million in slavery is a lot of people, but it is just .0043 percent of the world's population. Yes, $23…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bales/yes-twenty-seven-million-in-slavery-is-a-lot-of-people-but-it-is-just/)

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

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> [From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-edward-merriam/from-the-standpoint-of-modern-political-science-the-slave-holders/)

[Charles Edward Merriam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-edward-merriam/)

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> [Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/justice-jefferson-has-a-blind-spot-on-race-you-know-more-than-a-blind/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

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> [A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/a-man-is-none-the-less-a-slave-because-he-is-allowed-to-choose-a-new/)

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

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> [...I believe it is now the duty of the slaves of the South to rebuke their masters for their robbery, oppression and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-grimke/i-believe-it-is-now-the-duty-of-the-slaves-of-the-south-to-rebuke-2/)

[Angelina Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-grimke/)

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> [All these cries of having "abolished slavery," of having "saved the country," of having "preserved the union," of establishing a "government of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/all-these-cries-of-having-abolished-slavery-of-having-saved-the/)

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

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> [A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-consistent-anarchist-must-oppose-private-ownership-of-the-means-of/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/not-since-the-days-of-slavery-have-there-been-so-many-people-who-feel/)

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

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> [And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-franks/and-yet-today-half-of-all-black-children-are-aborted-far-more-of-the/)

[Trent Franks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-franks/)

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> [Whenever a Republican gets in office, all of a sudden progressives realize that federalism and state's rights aren't necessarily only about defending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/whenever-a-republican-gets-in-office-all-of-a-sudden-progressives/)

[Jonah Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-goldberg/)

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> [“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-silverman/the-abolition-of-slavery-apart-from-preservation-of-the-union-was-the/)

[William Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-silverman/)

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                        "text": "A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the King for permission to make a law for preventing the importation of more [slaves] into that colony. This request, however, will probably not be granted, as their former laws of that kind have always been repealed.",
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                        "text": "“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved but does not know it. Only the homeless are free, and for their freedom we sentence them to death. To refuse compulsion is to earn death, suffering, and calumny. It is not to refuse work—the homeless work very hard, endure many hardships we cannot imagine in our comfortable slavery. And yet we call our slavery freedom. We do not know what freedom means, yet.”",
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                        "text": "Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved other whites in Europe for centuries before the first black was brought to the Western hemisphere. Asians enslaved Europeans. Asians enslaved other Asians. Africans enslaved other Africans, and indeed even today in North Africa, blacks continue to enslave blacks.",
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                        "text": "I think comedy allows people to accept the more difficult parts of history. And history, if it's presented wrong, is just very depressing, particularly the history of slavery. If slavery is presented properly, it's a great story. But I think that within the commercial world of storytelling in which I live, there haven't been many strong works that discuss slavery in ways that are palatable and funny and interesting to the reader.",
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                        "text": "“Perhaps it was not really possible for slavery to die peacefully and quietly, while everyone waited hat in hand for the mills of God to finish their grinding. Perhaps the essential fact about slavery was that it could neither be kept alive nor done to death rationally. Its foundations went far down into the pit, down to blackest wrong and violence, and when the foundations were torn out, wrong and violence would surely be loosed for a season. The institution's defenders had both overplayed their hands and overstayed their time.”",
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                        "text": "“Jimmy said, \"We survived slavery. Think about that. Not because we were strong. The American Indians were strong, and they were on their own land. But they have not survived genocide. You know how we survived?\" I said nothing. \"We put surviving into our poems and into our songs. We put it into our folk tales. We danced surviving in Congo Square in New Orleans and put it in our pots when we cooked pinto beans. We wore surviving on our backs when we clothed ourselves in the colors of the rainbow. We were pulled down so low we could hardly lift our eyes, so we knew, if we wanted to survive, we had better lift our own spirits. So we laughed whenever we got the chance.”",
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