slavery Quotes

“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes,—a justifier of the most appalling barbarity,—a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds,—and a dark shelter under, which the darkest,...”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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“I have observed this in my experience of slavery,—that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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“A state half slave and half free cannot exist.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

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“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.”

― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

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“DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“The excess of liberty, whether in States or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”

― Plato, The Republic

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“Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

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“Work without love is slavery.”

― Mother Teresa, Where There Is Love

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“Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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“Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

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