Christian Quote by James F. Cooper

“My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning…

— Samuel Morse

If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its…

— Jefferson Davis

The service of sin is perfect slavery.

— Matthew Henry

I think then I may safely conclude and I firmly believe that American slavery is not only not a sin but especially commanded by…

— James Henry Hammond

“Slavery is simply a possession of the mind, before the individual submits their spiritual component to the will of another person or deity.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Slavery is as old as civilization, and has been practiced all over the world. It was ubiquitous in antiquity, and is taken for granted…

— David Livingstone Smith

I think that if anything can be proved by natural theology, it is that slavery is morally wrong. God gave man a mouth to…

— Abraham Lincoln

Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source…

— Benjamin Franklin

Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.

— Lupita Nyong'o

Slavery is more mental than anything

— Kanye West

Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

— Benjamin Franklin