Quotes about slavery
slavery losing poor
Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose; whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk. Michel de Montaigne
slavery vote lost
If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote. Jesse Jackson
slavery aversion kind
I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion. George Washington
slavery unions principles
Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle.
slavery morality making-money
Money is the measure of morality, and the success or failure of slavery as a money-making system, determines with many whether...it should be maintained or abolished. Frederick Douglass
slavery abolitionist speakers
I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.
slavery found wanted
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
slavery thrive unlearn
He who learns death unlearns slavery. Cornel West