Africa Quote by Edward Ball

Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.

— Voltaire

“Slavery is as old as civilization, and has been practiced all over the world. It was ubiquitous in antiquity, and is taken for granted…

— David Livingstone Smith

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.

— Alfred Marshall

“For example, at the fall of Rome there was very extensive slavery everywhere in Europe; by the time of the “Renaissance” it was long…

— Rodney Stark

There's still nearly the same amount of slavery, if not more, in the world today, as there was at the height of the slave…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I was taught about slavery, but it was the ancient Egyptians. That's the closest I got to African history.

— Malachi Kirby

“It takes no more research than a trip to almost any public library or college to show the incredibly lopsided coverage of slavery in…

— Thomas Sowell

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and…

— Solomon Northup

“slavery was a worldwide institution, entrenched on every inhabited continent, subjugating people of every color, language, and religion,”

— Thomas Sowell

“BRIEF HISTORY OF TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPE Hereditary slavery had been around since the times of Greece and Rome and was nothing new.…

— Eduardo Galeano

“MOST NATIONS HAVE AT ONE TIME OR OTHER BOTH condoned and practiced slavery. Greece and Rome founded their societies on it. India and Japan…

— James A. Michener

Slavery is America's original sin and was the great global injustice of that age.

— Chrystia Freeland