Nation Quote by William Barr

Slavery is America's original sin and was the great global injustice of that age.

— Chrystia Freeland

The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin.

— John Fund

I think then I may safely conclude and I firmly believe that American slavery is not only not a sin but especially commanded by…

— James Henry Hammond

If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its…

— Jefferson Davis

“My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning…

— Samuel Morse

The service of sin is perfect slavery.

— Matthew Henry

It's a shameful piece of history and I think - I don't mean to be political or sobering or anything - but I think…

— Tamlyn Tomita

I think that one thing that America is guilty of is not ever apologizing for the greatest sin of the country, which is slavery.

— Harry Lennix

Slavery is the nagging, unrelenting shame of America that continues to deny the true promise of the country to too many its citizens. If…

— John Hickenlooper

Slavery was one of the worst crimes against humanity and endured by those who built our great nation.

— Al N. Green

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

Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to…

— James F. Cooper