Appropriate Quote by Ned Sublette

“At Lowell, a Female Labor Reform Association put out a series of “Factory Tracts.” The first was entitled “Factory Life as It Is By…

— Howard Zinn

It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if…

— Gottfried Leibniz

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

— Stephen Ambrose

You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've never had…

— Henry Louis Gates

Right before The Civil War, only 8% of white people owned slaves. Some plantations would have hundreds and hundreds of slaves, but the vast…

— Ann Coulter

The fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves doesn't devalue what he wrote.

— Daniel Hannan

“In 1968 King said the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were penned by men who owned slaves, thus, a “nation that got started…

— Michael Eric Dyson

In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. .…

— Mark Twain

“On February 7, President Johnson met at the White House with five black leaders, including Frederick Douglass, who came to lobby for a civil…

— Ron Chernow

Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.

— Bruce Catton

The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and…

— Ulysses S. Grant

I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed.…

— Mitt Romney