Slaveholding Quotes

7 quotes by 6 authors

• I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals of the people… — Stephen A. Douglas
• I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a free State upon… — Stephen A. Douglas
• I take higher ground. I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other… — John C. Calhoun
• It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. — Gerrit Smith
• The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was… — John Henninger Reagan
• I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ; I therefore hatethe corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial, and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed,… — Frederick Douglass
• Every intelligent person whose life has been passed in a slaveholding State, and who has carefully observed the character and capacity of the African race,… — Roger B. Taney

Who Wrote These Slaveholding Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 7 Slaveholding Quotes as follows:

• 2 Slaveholding Quotes by Stephen A. Douglas
• 1 Slaveholding Quote by John C. Calhoun
• 1 Slaveholding Quote by Gerrit Smith
• 1 Slaveholding Quote by John Henninger Reagan
• 1 Slaveholding Quote by Frederick Douglass
• 1 Slaveholding Quote by Roger B. Taney