Slavery Existed Quotes
- Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still dimmed its lustre.… — James Forten
- Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible. . . . I said that… — Jefferson Davis
- Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If… — Jefferson Davis
- Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God, let him go to the Bible...I said that slavery was sanctioned in the… — Jefferson Davis