American civil war Quote by Thomas Sowell

“Most of the slaves shipped across the Atlantic were purchased, rather than captured, by Europeans.”

— Thomas Sowell

“In the 1800s, the United States was divided over the issue of slavery. The North wanted the country to end all slavery. But the…

— Mary Pope Osborne

“Bear in mind, now, that most of this work was done by men who had no intention whatever, when they enlisted, of making war…

— Bruce Catton

The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other things, they…

— Nick Turse

“When a slave rebels, it is nothing much to the people who read about it later. Just thin words on thinner paper worn finer…

— N.K. Jemisin

“To be enlisted in the Navy,”

— Jacob Smith

“You got the sense from being around them that no war in the history of South Carolina had ever ended, that they were still…

— Omar El Akkad

“I am passionately interested in how my Country works, and if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America,…

— Ken Burns

“Britain's historic decision to ban the international slave trade in the early nineteenth century entailed a large and long-run political and military commitment in…

— Thomas Sowell

“A slave ship of the skies.”

— Gucci Mane

“We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people to your…

— Abraham Lincoln

“... the sea pirates who had the most to do with the creation of the new government owned human slaves. They used human beings…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr