Action Quote by Jefferson Davis

“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

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 was our nation's original sin.

— William Barr

Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to…

— James F. Cooper

“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 America's original sin and was the great global injustice of that age.

— Chrystia Freeland

Slavery was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all…

— Jefferson Davis

No, this is not what a fair God would do. And why does it not say anywhere in the Bible that slavery is wrong?…

— Mira Sorvino

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute…

— Anonymous

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

The service of sin is perfect slavery.

— Matthew Henry

There has never been a prosecuted case of slavery. There's no criminality to it. So, it was just like, 'It's over,' and thus, because…

— Kenya Barris