Admission Quote by John Adams

“Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude and I am utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territories.”

— John Adams

Negro slavery is an evil of colossal magnitude.

— John Adams

Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is,…

— Anonymous

I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Though slavery is thought, by some, to be mild in Missouri, when compared with the cotton, sugar and rice growing states, yet no part…

— William Wells Brown

“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition was badly…

— William Silverman

My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and…

— Jefferson Davis

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

— Arthur Bryant

God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed…

— Millard Fillmore

I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.

— Abraham Lincoln

Slavery is something that affects all of us. It's all of our history.

— John Ridley