Civil war Quote by John Brown Baldwin

But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is any other…

— John Brown Baldwin

“Virginia lawmakers made slave patrols compulsory for non-slaveholding Whites; these groups of White citizens were charged with policing slaves, enforcing discipline, and guarding routes…

— Ibram X. Kendi

When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Anonymous

Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows…

— Henry David Thoreau

Keep on complaining about slavery and that was over 40 to 50 years ago. You know, black folks need to move on.

— Ludacris

“Nine Southern states adopted vagrancy laws - which essentially made it a criminal offense not to work and were applied selectively to blacks -…

— Michelle Alexander

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

— Andrew Johnson

I dont think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument…

— John Brown

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

I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument…

— John Brown