“Here, then, is the origin of Negro slavery. The reason was economic, not racial; it had to do not with the color of the laborer, but the cheapness of the labor. As compared with Indian and white labor, Negro slavery… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
They have no right to complain! If women were cool with knowing their man is cheating on them then they have no right to… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
Some things youll never know, and some things youll wish you never knew. — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
“slavery was an economic institution of the first importance. It had been the basis of Greek economy and had built up the Roman Empire.… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery. — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
Some things you'll never know, and some things you'll wish you never knew. — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
“Negro slavery, thus, had nothing to do with climate. Its origin can be expressed in three words: in the Caribbean, Sugar; on the mainland, Tobacco and Cotton. A change in the economic structure produced a corresponding change in the labor supply. The fundamental fact was “the creation of an inferior social and economic organization of exploiters and exploited.”98 Sugar, tobacco,… — Eric Williams Copy Share
I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
You are on your own in a big world, in which you are one of many nations, some small, some medium sized, some large.… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
For me, it's church and state, not church in state, and I really feel there are some churches in central Ohio crossing that line. — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
“The reasons for slavery, wrote Gibbon Wakefield, “are not moral, but economical circumstances; they relate not to vice and virtue, but to production.”13 With” — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
“Under certain circumstances slavery has some obvious advantages. In the cultivation of crops like sugar, cotton and tobacco, where the cost of production is… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
