Abolition Quote by Margaret E. Knight

It was not Christianity which freed the slave: Christianity accepted slavery; Christian ministers defended it; Christian merchants trafficked in human flesh and blood, and…

— Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner

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

— Desmond Tutu

To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.

— Derrick Jensen

Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very conditions confronting…

— Emma Goldman

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us who profess…

— Richard Henry Lee

Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society.

— Emma Goldman

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

— Chrystia Freeland

“The greatest abuse of all-the slave trade-was ended as a direct result of the political influence of evangelical Christians in Britain, who were connected…

— Thomas Sowell

Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.

— William H. Seward

All religion is slavery.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Many politicians and preachers defended slavery, citing the Bible’s approval of the practice, the inferiority of the African race, the value of preserving the…

— Steven Pinker