Freedom Quote by Thomas Sowell

“The world dominance of Great Britain enabled it to impose its anti-slavery edicts on many other sovereign nations.”

— Thomas Sowell

Every human on the planet is descended from both slaves and slave owners. What makes Britain unusual is not that we engaged in the…

— Daniel Hannan

“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

“American Slavery, American Freedom,”

— Andrew Levy

“the British became the world's largest slaveholders in their Western Hemisphere colonies in the Caribbean.”

— Thomas Sowell

“While in England the profits of the slave trade helped to enrich those who opposed absolutism, in Africa they helped to create and strengthen…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil.”

— Nicholas D. Kristof

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

— Thomas Sowell

“This country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.”

— George Carlin

“I'd prefer to have dangerous freedom, than have peaceful slavery”

— Anonymous

“Elizabeth [Alexander] is right, of course. It’s a stirring fact that our slave ancestors left behind not documents of property but an incredible amount…

— Anonymous

“The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.”

— Ulysses S. Grant