The world enslaves our sex by the mere fear of an epithet; and as long as it can throw any vile term at us, before which we cower, it can maintain our enslavement.
Slaves - Slavery Quotes
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside.
Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness.
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Freedom hath a thousand charms to show, That slaves however contented never know.
It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property in man.
World War is the second worst activity of mankind, the worst being acquiescence in slavery.
But I must own to the shame of my own countrymen, that I was first kidnapped and betrayed by my own complexion, who were the first cause of my exile and slavery; but if there were no buyers there would be no sellers. (1787)
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.
