“Time has now come which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“War, as father of all things, and king, names few to serve as gods, and of the rest makes these men slaves,… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Slaves dream of freedom, commoners dream of becoming kings, what do kings dream of?” — Frederick Pohl Copy Share Image
“Sunday, with its immunity from work, was devised for slaves who got out of all the work they could during the week.” — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
[God brought African slaves to America] so that their descendants would know freedom. — Ezola B. Foster Copy Share Image
“Both slaves had been oiled until their flesh shined like polished ebony, outlining every detail of their muscles.” — Myra Hargrave McIlvain Copy Share Image
Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness,… — Mika Copy Share Image
I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
“Slaves are trained to obey in all things, but their submission is a pact: They give up free will in exchange for… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the laws and customs of a country, women always give the tone to morals. Whether slaves or free, they… — Aime Martin Copy Share Image
“Aristotle argued that slaves have a ‘slavish nature’ whereas free people have a ‘free nature’. Their status in society is merely a… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Who can blame slaves for being cunning? They are constantly compelled to resort to it. It is the only weapon of the… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“What a pitiable thing it is that our civilization can do no better for us than to make us slaves to indoor… — George Wharton James Copy Share Image
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Negro slaves, one-twentieth of the population in 1670, were one-fourth in 1730. “Slavery, from being an insignificant factor in the economic life… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
No principle, that is possible to be named, can be more self-evidently false than this; or more self-evidently fatal to all political… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“He was appalled at the awful intellectual chasm that yawned between him and his people. He could never cross it and explain… — Jack London Copy Share Image
There is no greater love than to lay down ones life for ones friends. You are my friends if you do what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“had imbibed a prejudice against my uncle’s favorite slave. There was something crawling in his servility; for though outdoor slavery does not… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“From all over the planet they came…. They came in companies and alone, with money and without, knowing and naïve. They tore… — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
Most Britons still lived and died without encountering anyone whose skin colour was different from their own. Slaves, in short, did not… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image