Joke Quote by W. Kamau Bell

In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was pretty exciting…

— Steven C. Harper

Slavery is nothing to joke about! And the history of this nation's [the USA's] involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a…

— Douglas Wilder

Slavery is nothing to joke about. The history of this nation's involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.

— Douglas Wilder

Do you think it's a good idea to be sarcastic about slavery?

— Angela Rye

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

— Paul Mooney

The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react.

— Edward Ball

Even though the topic [of slavery] itself is the big, screaming elephant in the room, we still get a chance to have fun and…

— Aldis Hodge

“...I shall pledge myself to the Abolitionist cause, because I owe my life to a self-freed slave & because I must begin somewhere. I…

— David Mitchell

Irony is the glory of slaves.

— Czeslaw Milosz

“To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about…

— Joan Lowery Nixon

I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated…

— Kirk Douglas

Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.

— John Adams