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> [“Talk about keeping slaves, as if we did it for our convenience," said Marie. "I'm sure, if we consulted that, we might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/talk-about-keeping-slaves-as-if-we-did-it-for-our-convenience-said/)

[Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/)

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> [It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-latitudes-that-the-slaves-did/)

[Rebecca Latimer Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-latimer-felton/)

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> [The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/the-difference-between-slaves-in-roman-and-ottoman-days-and-today-s/)

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/)

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> [From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/from-some-things-that-i-have-said-one-may-get-the-idea-that-some-of/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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> [Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/jefferson-owned-slaves-he-did-not-believe-that-all-were-created-equal/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

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