“Our minds become slaves to those we see as having total power to control us and to cause pain to us. We… — Majid Kazmi Copy Share Image
“We are Turks with the affections of our women; and have made them subscribe to our doctrine too. We let their bodies… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Proud men might shout that they would sooner die free than live as slaves, but pride was cheap. When the steel struck… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
If a slave were to raise his voice to his master, he risked all manner of punishment. Yet what was possible in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Donna and Grace and so many people—specifically white people—often have understood slavery, and those held in its grip, only in abstract terms.… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“I’d like to run away, to flee from what I know, from what is mine, from what I love. I want to… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It surprises people that there's actually a very large number of slaves in the world today-our best estimate is 27 million. And… — Kevin Bales Copy Share Image
How many men Have spent their blood in their dear country's service, Yet now pine under want; while selfish slaves, That even… — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
“The system was psychological and physical at the same time. The slaves were taught discipline, were impressed again and again with the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“I was a slave, but never a fool. This empire is vast beyond imagining and we have killed only a fraction of… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
“Writing about our life in the House of Arcamand in the City State of Etra, I fall back into it and see… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“To make slaves more amenable to control, they were often separated at birth from their families. And, like domesticated animals, many were… — David A. Nibert Copy Share Image
“To discourage slaves from meeting or escaping, slave owners told tales of gruesome research done on black bodies, then covered themselves in… — Rebecca Skloot Copy Share Image
“Where there are so many negroes upon places as upon ours," wrote an Alabama woman to the governor, "it is quite necessary… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Every wife who slaves to keep herself pretty, to cook her husband's favourite meals, to build up his pride and confidence in… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
The Arab Spring, with all of its failings and failures, exposed the lie that if we are to live, then we must… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“When I think of antiquity, the detail that frightens me is that those hundreds of millions of slaves on whose backs civilization… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
When white men were willing to put their own offspring in the kitchen and corn field and allowed them to be sold… — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
“The dire poverty of the early nineteenth century Irish may be indicated by their average life expectancy of 19 years-compared to 36… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Every adult parent, however lowly or powerless, had at least some one that he could command, threaten, and punish. No man was… — John Holt Copy Share Image
In early times, the great majority of the male sex were slaves, as well as the whole of the female. And many… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Talk about keeping slaves, as if we did it for our convenience," said Marie. "I'm sure, if we consulted that, we might… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“The Cantii, like most of the tribes of Prydain, had always kept slaves. We bought and sold them the same way as… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
“Every corner of the island was ransacked; every human being that could be found, was slain or carried into captivity. Nothing was… — William Deans Copy Share Image
“Mungu hutumia watu 'wajinga' na 'wapumbavu' kufanya mambo makubwa katika maisha yao na ya watu wengine. Katika Biblia, Musa aliitwa mjinga alipokiuka… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“Ah, my dear friend, cheer up... After all, we have peace! And because there is peace, the occupiers can't behave so abominably… — Andrzej Szczypiorski Copy Share Image
“We are to free the slaves because we were once slaves. Sabbath is a remembrance of the stale bondage of Egypt and… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
Studies of the people named and described in earliest Christian texts show that, right from the earliest years, they included craftsmen, merchants,… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
“January 25, 1785, nineteen people gathered at the home of innkeeper John Simmons to form a society that would safeguard blacks who… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“In the softest little voice he said, “This slave is beneath your attention.” In Akielos, submission was an art, and the slave… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Rolfe’s eyes narrowed to slits. “Why?” “You’ll have to clarify that.” He took a breath. “Why go to so much trouble for… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“I remained abroad ten months, which was much longer than I had anticipated. During all that time, I never saw the slightest… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The Elsinore's bow tilted skyward while her stern fell into a foaming valley. Not a man had gained his feet. Bridge and… — Jack London Copy Share Image
...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. (… — Kenneth W. Royce Copy Share Image
“This is what happened: we were completely abandoned. No one had the courage to attempt the impossible. We were slaves without honor.… — Anna Rosmus Copy Share Image
