Committed Quote by Bartolome de las Casas

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“I've even come to a conclusion that would get me blackballed from ever setting foot in liberal education circles again. That is this: colonialism…

— A.J. Jacobs

“Columbus sent home shiploads of Indians to be sold as slaves, but the theologians protested, the Queen's conscience rebelled, and enslavement of the Indians…

— J.H. Elliott

Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical.

— Tony Evans

A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand…

— Epicurus

We took advantage of [the Indians'] ignorance and inexperience to incline them the more easily toward treachery, lewdness, avarice, and every sort of inhumanity…

— Michel de Montaigne

Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors of all…

— Stephen Fry

Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not be rewarded…

— George Mason

The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to…

— John Sutter

I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes—a justifier of the most appalling…

— Frederick Douglass

Slavery was one of the worst crimes against humanity and endured by those who built our great nation.

— Al N. Green