Blessing Quote by Jefferson Davis

African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and political fabric of the South; and whatever wars against it, wars against her very…

— Laurence M. Keitt

“Slavery was a tradition embedded in the culture of the South and played a key economic role there. Its economic importance was the key…

— Andrew P. Napolitano

Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it…

— Lupita Nyong'o

The history of slavery and the complication of slavery is that it is an international concept. It is something that affected people who were…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

— Andrew Johnson

Slavery is what slavery's always been: About one person controlling another person using violence and then exploiting them economically, paying them nothing. That's what…

— Kevin Bales

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

“In addition, the most reliable and recent studies of African tribal culture demonstrated that slavery was a long-standing custom among the Africans themselves, so…

— Joseph J. Ellis

I was taught about slavery, but it was the ancient Egyptians. That's the closest I got to African history.

— Malachi Kirby

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

— Anonymous

Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul.

— Arthur Bryant

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