Being deceived Quote by Dennis Green

Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black people were…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must…

— Oscar Wilde

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied with the leftovers at the back door rather than…

— Aaron Henry

It is troubling that modern slavery is a crime that can be hidden in the supply chains of the goods and services we use…

— Amber Rudd

“Here was a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation, and dependent for its opportunities of life upon the…

— Upton Sinclair

If there must always be a laboring population distinct from proprietors and employers, we regard the slave system as decidedly preferable to the system…

— Orestes Brownson

However you disguise slavery, it is slavery still. Its chains, though wreathed with roses, not only fasten on the body but rivet on the…

— Jane Porter

“The reason we don't notice the fact that we have no say over the decisions that actually shape our society and economy is because…

— Morgan Guyton

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me,…

— Frederick Law Olmsted

It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains.…

— Louis J. Halle

. . . what a burning shame it is that many of the pieces on the subject of slavery and the slave trade, contained…

— Robert Purvis