Slaveholders Quote by Walter Johnson

“She had been the source of all his wealth; she had peopled his plantation with slaves; she had become a great grandmother in his…

— Frederick Douglass

“A slave was the property of his or her master as were all the women in his family, and it was argued that both…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Both slaves and owners were human, and strong relationships often grew between them. But”

— Robert K McIver

“He says he needs mothering." "…Even if he didn't need mothering, which after all is only another way of saying he needs a slave.”

— Hilary Mckay

“When the slaves finished, they had stripped the fields of their color. It was a magnificent operation, from seed to bale, but no one…

— Colson Whitehead

What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!

— St. Catherine of Siena

“Every adult parent, however lowly or powerless, had at least some one that he could command, threaten, and punish. No man was so poor,…

— John Holt

“She was particularly curious about the Viginians, wondering if, as slaveholders, they had the necessary commitment to the cause of freedom. "I have," she…

— David McCullough

Please remember that my great grandmother was a slave. My grandmother was a sharecropper. My mother was a factory worker.

— Afeni Shakur

“Several years after, he passed through our town and preached to his former congregation. In his afternoon sermon he addressed the colored people. 'My…

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

“Here was a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation, and dependent for its opportunities of life upon the…

— Upton Sinclair

Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which…

— John Sergeant Wise