Abomination Quote by Thomas Jefferson

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and…

— Solomon Northup

God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed…

— Millard Fillmore

How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

— Benjamin Franklin

It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.

— Shane Claiborne

To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.

— Patrick Henry

For years I felt that I wasn't ready to take on slavery. It's a huge topic, and I didn't want to mess it up.

— Colson Whitehead

Put anger aside. It is not a solution. Patience and love is a solution. With compassion and action, together we can end slavery.

— Somaly Mam

You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.

— Abraham Lincoln

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.

— Gerrit Smith

Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep

— John Dickinson