Ancestors Quote by Mr. T

I wore the gold is symbolic of my African heritage. When my black ancestors was bought over here from Africa they were shackled by…

— Mr. T

“Slavery is not a horror safely confined to the past; it continues to exist throughout the world, even in developed countries like France and…

— Kevin Bales

I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master.

— Cory Booker

However you disguise slavery, it is slavery still. Its chains, though wreathed with roses, not only fasten on the body but rivet on the…

— Jane Porter

I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across…

— Anonymous

It is hard to sever the cords that tie us to our slavery and leave intact those that bind us to ourselves.

— Patricia Hampl

Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.

— Mike Tyson

I was a king and a king's heir and now I am a slave.

— Mary Renault

At the end of days, bills to pay. If it's a white man's world, am I still a slave.

— Big Krit

My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give it to…

— Anne Lamott

Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out?

— Swami Vivekananda

I won't slave for beggar's pay, likewise gold and jewels, but I would slave to learn the way, to sink your ship of fools.

— Robert Hunter