Abandonment Quote by Henry Charles Carey

Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost,…

— Henry Charles Carey

In many ways the rise of the state was the descent of the world from freedom to slavery

— Marvin Harris

“In a period of less than 150 years, to progress from slavery to Pennsylvania Avenue speaks volumes about this family and our nation. Distracted…

— Megan Smolenyak

Slavery has become so engrafted into the policy of the Southern States, that it cannot be eradicated without tearing up by the roots their…

— William Loughton Smith

The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my…

— George Grey

Slavery didn't end in 1865; it just evolved.

— Bryan Stevenson

When you think of 244 years of slavery and 81 years of that finally you are going to be allowed to be part of…

— Cornel West

No more slave States and no more slave territory.

— Salmon P. Chase

Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.

— Octavia Butler

This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that…

— John Sergeant Wise

Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that.

— Freddie Gibbs

Pressure of opinion a hundred years ago brought about the emancipation of the slaves'.

— Peter Benenson