Argument Quote by John Brown

Slavery was a violent, brutal, immoral system, and in accurately depicting how it worked, you have to include that, obviously. Or else you are…

— Colson Whitehead

“Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we wish to…

— Abraham Lincoln

The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react.

— Edward Ball

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.

— Gerrit Smith

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

— Desmond Tutu

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me,…

— Frederick Law Olmsted

The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

— H. G. Wells

“It is a mistaken opinion that prevails in some quarters that the slave does not understand the term - does not comprehend the idea…

— Solomon Northup

It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.

— Shane Claiborne

I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation fields, and…

— Alex Haley

“To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about…

— Joan Lowery Nixon