Africa Quote by Frederick Douglass

“If these slaves had only any future, anything to hope for, to strive for, to live for, any prospect before them, then i should…

— Fredrika Bremer

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

— Thomas Sowell

“And, since I had learned that whites were once enslaved as generally as any other race, how did it come about that slavery was…

— Chancellor Williams

“It was well understood that if by the teaching of history the white man could be further assured of his superiority and the Negro…

— Carter G. Woodson

“Slavery is an element of the human heart...to our ruin.”

— Klaus Kinski

“A few slave holders were undeniably cruel. Examples of slaves beaten to death were not common, neither were they unknown. The majority of slave…

— Glen Chambers

“Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil.”

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“Many politicians and preachers defended slavery, citing the Bible’s approval of the practice, the inferiority of the African race, the value of preserving the…

— Steven Pinker

“They may be convenient slaves, but slavery will have its constant effect, degrading the master and the abject dependent.”

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“precisely because Africans were fitter in tropical climates than Europeans, they ended up as the slaves of European masters!”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“I concluded that no place in the world was entirely safe for an African, and that for many of us, survival depended on perpetual…

— Lawrence Hill

“Slavery, like energy, does not disappear; it only changes from one form into another.”

— C.B. Smith