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title: "Slavery Wisdom and Sayings"
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> [No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/no-people-ever-yet-groaned-under-the-heavy-yoke-of-slavery-but-when/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [With education symmetrical and true we will take the dead mass buried by slavery's hand and touch them to life. This beauteous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tecumseh-vernon/with-education-symmetrical-and-true-we-will-take-the-dead-mass-buried/)

[William Tecumseh Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tecumseh-vernon/)

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> [There has never been a prosecuted case of slavery. There's no criminality to it. So, it was just like, 'It's over,' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenya-barris/there-has-never-been-a-prosecuted-case-of-slavery-there-s-no/)

[Kenya Barris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenya-barris/)

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> [Since the nations founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/since-the-nations-founding-african-americans-repeatedly-have-been/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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> [You have to start with slavery because those abuses have never been eradicated. You know, people are not living in slums because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/you-have-to-start-with-slavery-because-those-abuses-have-never-been/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

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> [ More is spent in a single month \[in the U.S.\] fighting the war on drugs than all monies ever expended domestically or… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-sorvino/more-is-spent-in-a-single-month-in-the-u-s-fighting-the-war-on-drugs/)

[Mira Sorvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-sorvino/)

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> [I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-ve-read-stories-of-slave-owners-who-were-very-generous-they-didn-t/)

[Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/)

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> [If you were against slavery in 1840 and a white person, you would have been against the law, the Bible, your church,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/if-you-were-against-slavery-in-1840-and-a-white-person-you-would-have/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [The act of choosing what to place in your piece when you're a historian or a non-fiction writer already renders it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/the-act-of-choosing-what-to-place-in-your-piece-when-you-re-a/)

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

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> [“Although the First Testament talks about slavery, Middle Eastern slavery was not an inherently oppressive institution like the European slavery accepted under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-e-goldingay/although-the-first-testament-talks-about-slavery-middle-eastern/)

[John E. Goldingay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-e-goldingay/)

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> [Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the nobility of giving one's life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/whatever-i-had-read-as-a-child-about-the-saints-had-thrilled-me-i/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

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> [“Slavery proved to be a much more complicated issue for American evangelicals both North and South, who discovered that their religious attitudes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-himes/slavery-proved-to-be-a-much-more-complicated-issue-for-american/)

[Andrew Himes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-himes/)

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> [If you are a white male, you don’t deserve to live. You are a cancer, you’re a disease, white males have never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-ignatiev/if-you-are-a-white-male-you-don-t-deserve-to-live-you-are-a-cancer-2/)

[Noel Ignatiev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-ignatiev/)

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> [It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-ought-to-concern-every-person-because-it-is-a-debasement-of-our/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-c-harper/in-the-beginning-this-was-just-an-idea-then-it-was-a-short-story-then/)

[Steven C. Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-c-harper/)

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> [Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/choose-your-leaders-with-wisdom-and-forethought-to-be-led-by-a-coward/)

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

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> [Emancipation should make it possible for woman to be human in the truest sense. Everything within her that craves assertion and activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/emancipation-should-make-it-possible-for-woman-to-be-human-in-the/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [There is this pressure for us to only tell stories about slavery and the civil rights era, but there are many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-dacosta/there-is-this-pressure-for-us-to-only-tell-stories-about-slavery-and/)

[Nia DaCosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-dacosta/)

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> [I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-believe-a-time-will-come-when-an-opportunity-will-be-offered-to/)

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

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> [I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cady-stanton/i-think-all-these-reverend-gentlemen-who-insist-on-the-word-obey-in/)

[Elizabeth Cady Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-cady-stanton/)

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> [“God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-rayback/god-knows-that-i-detest-slavery-but-it-is-an-existing-evil-for-which-2/)

[Robert J. Rayback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-rayback/)

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> [The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/the-bible-may-indeed-does-contain-a-warrant-for-trafficking-in-humans/)

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

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> [There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldis-hodge/there-s-a-really-great-documentary-called-many-rivers-which-documents/)

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

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> [Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/two-hundred-fifty-years-of-slavery-ninety-years-of-jim-crow-sixty/)

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

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> [“When the infernal machine of plantation slavery began to grind its wheels, iron laws of economics came into play, laws that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bickerton/when-the-infernal-machine-of-plantation-slavery-began-to-grind-its/)

[Derek Bickerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bickerton/)

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> [“Alliances with other nations lead to bondage," Zechariah explained. "Joseph started out as Pharaoh's trusted advisor in Egypt, but later generations ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-austin/alliances-with-other-nations-lead-to-bondage-zechariah-explained/)

[Lynn Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-austin/)

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> [Even when I became cognizant of this societal problem in this country, I asked my father and my mother if they knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/even-when-i-became-cognizant-of-this-societal-problem-in-this-country/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

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> [The history of slavery in this country has affected not only how black people see themselves, but how white people see black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/the-history-of-slavery-in-this-country-has-affected-not-only-how/)

[Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/)

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> [I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-may/i-hold-a-vision-of-this-blue-green-planet-safe-and-in-balance-at-the/)

[Elizabeth May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-may/)

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> [There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/there-is-no-calamity-which-a-great-nation-can-invite-which-equals-2/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

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> [“If you are not strong enough to fight you have no choice but to accept the life of a slave. The hunter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-un-mares/if-you-are-not-strong-enough-to-fight-you-have-no-choice-but-to/)

[Théun Mares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-un-mares/)

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> [Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sissela-bok/much-as-being-active-in-the-antislavery-movement-of-the-last-century/)

[Sissela Bok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sissela-bok/)

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> [It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/it-is-perfectly-clear-in-the-first-place-that-the-constitution-of-the/)

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

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> [“Sumner’s mind keeping the peace abroad was connected with freeing the slaves at home. Repeatedly he tried to convince Lincoln that by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-herbert-donald/sumner-s-mind-keeping-the-peace-abroad-was-connected-with-freeing-the/)

[David Herbert Donald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-herbert-donald/)

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> [Free yourself from one passion to be dominated by another and nobler one. But is not that, too, a form of slavery?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/free-yourself-from-one-passion-to-be-dominated-by-another-and-nobler/)

[Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/)

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> [Slavery's crime against humanity did not begin when one people defeated and enslaved its enemies (though of course this was bad enough),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/slavery-s-crime-against-humanity-did-not-begin-when-one-people/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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> [To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/assata-shakur/to-have-one-s-race-brutally-treated-for-so-many-years-even-after-the/)

[Assata Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/assata-shakur/)

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> [The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors... so that a very few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/the-present-age-handed-over-the-workers-each-alone-and-defenseless-to/)

[Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/)

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> [“Here’s an assignment for my fellow Christians: Go to YouTube, search for any video of ‘slaughterhouse animal cruelty’, watch it, the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shenita-etwaroo/here-s-an-assignment-for-my-fellow-christians-go-to-youtube-search/)

[Shenita Etwaroo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shenita-etwaroo/)

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> [This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sergeant-wise/this-and-many-others-only-confirmed-me-in-the-opinion-planted-when-i/)

[John Sergeant Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sergeant-wise/)

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                        "text": "“Although the First Testament talks about slavery, Middle Eastern slavery was not an inherently oppressive institution like the European slavery accepted under the Roman Empire and then accepted by Britain and the United States. It would be better to call Middle Eastern slavery “servitude,” a servitude that could provide people who become impoverished with an economic safety net. The Torah accepts such servitude but places constraints on it, such as limiting its length to seven years and requiring that a servant be treated as a member of the family.”",
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                        "text": "“Slavery proved to be a much more complicated issue for American evangelicals both North and South, who discovered that their religious attitudes and interpretations were colored by their economic interests. This pattern was played out in the history of the Rice family, whose evangelical theology underwent a transformation as they moved within two generations from being small yeoman farmers to landed proprietors whose wealth depended upon the system of chattel slavery.”",
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                        "text": "If you are a white male, you don’t deserve to live. You are a cancer, you’re a disease, white males have never contributed anything positive to the world! They only murder, exploit and oppress non-whites! At least a white woman can have sex with a black man and make a brown baby but what can a white male do? He’s good for nothing. Slavery, genocides against aboriginal peoples and massive land confiscation, the inquisition, the holocaust, white males are all to blame! You maintain your white male privilege only by oppressing, discriminating against and enslaving others!",
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                        "text": "It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name - modern slavery.",
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                        "text": "Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.",
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                        "text": "“When the infernal machine of plantation slavery began to grind its wheels, iron laws of economics came into play, laws that would lead to immeasurable suffering but would also, and equally inevitably, produce new languages all over the world – languages that ironically, in the very midst of man's inhumanity to man, demonstrated the essential unity of humanity.”",
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                        "text": "“Alliances with other nations lead to bondage,\" Zechariah explained. \"Joseph started out as Pharaoh's trusted advisor in Egypt, but later generations ended up as slaves. And wasn't it Ahaz's so-called alliance with Assyria that led to our present slavery?”",
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                        "text": "Even when I became cognizant of this societal problem in this country, I asked my father and my mother if they knew anything that had been passed on to them, about slavery, and my father was very reticent about it. He often said, \"No, I don't know anything about it, and it was bad, it was awful and it's over and we want to get on with our lives.\"",
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                        "text": "I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap - as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.",
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                        "text": "“If you are not strong enough to fight you have no choice but to accept the life of a slave. The hunter is a free being who cannot submit himself to slavery. For him there is no choice but to fight. If he dies in that fight, at least he will die as a free being, and not as a slave.”",
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