Abolition Quote by William Wilberforce

Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life

— Frederick Douglass

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me,…

— Frederick Law Olmsted

Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical.

— Tony Evans

Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and inhumane. But…

— Chuck D

I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and it become…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon the bench…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its…

— Tony Blair

The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery. Because we…

— Bryan Stevenson

“How to undo slavery's injury to the mental faculties–so many freed men continued to be enslaved by the horrors they'd endured.”

— Colson Whitehead

I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

If slavery, as a national evil, is to be abolished, and it be just that it be done at the national expense, the amount…

— James Madison

Abolition seemed a fantasy when Frederick Douglass called for all slaves to be released.

— Clint Smith