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“slavery was an economic institution of the first importance. It had been the basis of Greek economy and had built up the Roman Empire.…

— Eric Williams

To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so…

— Pope Leo XIII

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much…

— Alexander Herzen

Every farm with slaves was a slave-breeding farm. Raising slaves was mostly a cottage industry...

— Ned Sublette

“Slavery is not a horror safely confined to the past; it continues to exist throughout the world, even in developed countries like France and…

— Kevin Bales

Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which…

— John Sergeant Wise

“Historians who explore slavery's relationship to capitalism generally focus on the roles that men played in the development of both. But if we considered…

— Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

“An economy built on slave labor is vulnerable in two ways. One, availability of forced labor discourages technical innovation. The very wealthy [Roman]empire experienced…

— Norman F. Cantor

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

— Edmund Burke

“In mechanical terms, humans are quite efficient converters of food into energy, so human slaves were often more valuable than animal slaves, if one…

— David Christian

Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had been done…

— G. Edward Griffin

“It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end…

— Adam Smith