Act Quote by Edward Ball

There are some things for which there is no apology, and on the question of slavery, there is no adequate apology for ripping people…

— Harriet Lerner

I had ancestors who were slave-holders, which is a difficult piece of family history to say the least. In a recent New York Times…

— Laura Lippman

There's never really been a true apology for slavery.

— Kenya Barris

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is important to honor and remember the millions of individuals who suffered the horrors of slavery.

— Al N. Green

I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across…

— Anonymous

It's horrifying and absurd to think that there are currently more slaves on earth than at any other time in human history.

— Louie Giglio

“Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains—whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains. You must…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it…

— Lupita Nyong'o

This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget…

— Sherley Anne Williams

Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and…

— Amber Rudd

We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.-Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender…

— Thomas Jefferson