Cunning Quote by Harriet Ann Jacobs

“It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which…

— Solomon Northup

“Slaves in the past were captured by force; today’s slaves surrender themselves. The masters are the same old folk (who are now more civilized)…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“There are no tyrants if there are no slaves.”

— Jose P. Rizal

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

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“Slavery is as much about the psychological control of the master over the slave as of the physical domination, cruelty and exploitation which we…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“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

“Slaves are trained to obey in all things, but their submission is a pact: They give up free will in exchange for perfect treatment.…

— C.S. Pacat

“Hard, dangerous, unhealthy work was better performed by slaves than those who were free. Or who thought themselves so.”

— David Baldacci

“let them behold him scourged, hunted, trampled on, and they will come back with another story in their mouths. Let them know the heart…

— Solomon Northup

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

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“I was a slave, but never a fool. This empire is vast beyond imagining and we have killed only a fraction of the force…

— Anthony Ryan

“The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave…

— MJ DeMarco