Slaves Quotes

696 Slaves quotes by 483 unique authors

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such… — Madison Smartt Bell
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves. — James Thomson
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without… — Frederick Law Olmsted
With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider… — Frederick Law Olmsted
Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape… — Samuel Hopkins
God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us… — Samuel Hopkins
If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it… — Samuel Hopkins
In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes… — Samuel Hopkins
These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of… — Samuel Hopkins
Gifts make slaves. — Levi Strauss
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves. — Douglas Hurd
They are imported by companies, controlled as serfs, worked like slaves, and at last go back to China with all their earnings. They are in… — Denis Kearney
Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made… — Corrine Brown
Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which to… — John Sergeant Wise
I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the… — Gerrit Smith
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves. — David Garrick
Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class… — Albert Bushnell Hart
Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. — Albert Bushnell Hart
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as… — Louis Leakey
If we are not represented, we are slaves. — James Otis
Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of… — John Woolman
To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves are… — William H. Seward
But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the… — Fanny Kemble
I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be abhorrent to any… — Fanny Kemble
Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it… — Fanny Kemble

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