Actuality Quote by Sherley Anne Williams

“The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding; it was central to it. It…

— Clint Smith

You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.

— Paul Mooney

“My narrative is at an end. I have no comments to make upon the subject of Slavery. Those who read this book may form…

— Solomon Northup

Part of the reason why we're only now reaching a point in American society where we can talk about the need for truth and…

— Bryan Stevenson

But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to…

— Bob Edwards

“American slavery at its beginnings—obscure, distant, and tragic—is probably for most people a less attractive point of focus than the story of the discovery…

— Annette Gordon-Reed

There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you a little…

— Aldis Hodge

The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of how long…

— Lonnie Bunch

“slavery was a worldwide institution, entrenched on every inhabited continent, subjugating people of every color, language, and religion,”

— Thomas Sowell

“The USA is the modern version of slavery.”

— Steven Magee

“American slavery at its beginnings—obscure, distant, and tragic—is probably for most people a less attractive point of focus than the story of the discovery…

— Annette Gordon-Reed

“Moreover, the industrial revolution in the United States, as in most of Europe, depended significantly upon a slave trade that involved elaborate mechanisms for…

— Mark Lewis Taylor