Constitution Quote by Susan Burton

“Convicts had no meaningful legal rights at this time and no effective redress. They were understood, quite literally, to be slaves of the state.…

— Michelle Alexander

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was enacted in 1865 by martial law. The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted in 1868…

— Eustace Mullins

I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear violation of…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who freed the slaves? To the extent that they were ever u2018freed,' they were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment, which was authored and pressured…

— Lerone Bennett, Jr

In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

The First Amendment of the US Constitution ... is an eloquent repudiation of the First Commandment's prohibition of religious freedom. It is also a…

— Frank Zindler

Statutes that curtail her abortion choice are disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude, prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment, in that forced pregnancy requires a woman…

— Dawn Johnsen

“Since 1865, when the [Thirteenth] Amendment was passed, Black men were getting charged, set up, arrested, and convicted for the pettiest of offenses--like child…

— Amy Watkins

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of…

— Angela Davis

“The prejudice of race appears to be stronger in the states that have abolished slavery than in those where it still exists,”

— Ibram X. Kendi

The arc of history is longer than human vision. It bends. We abolished slavery, we granted universal suffrage. We have done hard things before.…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as…

— William H. Seward