There is a beauteous plant (Sugar Cane) that grows In Western India’s sultry clime, Which makes, alas, the Black man’s woes, And also makes the White man’s crime. (1824)
Slaves - Slavery Quotes
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery… is his natural and normal condition. (Vice-President of the Confederacy, referring to the Confederate government: in Augusta, Georgia, March 30, 1861)
No slaves shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass, unless with written orders from his master or employer, or in his company, with arms from one place to another. (A Bill Concerning Slaves)
And ne’er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves.
My correspondent thinks with Mr. Jefferson, that Jehovah has no attributes that will harmonize with slavery; and that all men are born free and equal. Now, I say let him throw away his Bible as Mr. Jefferson did his and then they will be fit companions. But never disgrace the Bible by making Mr. Jefferson […]
The Managers the Trade themselves, and others testify, that many of these African nations inhabit fertile countries, are industrious farmers, enjoy plenty, and lived quietly, averse to war, before the Europeans debauched them with liquors, and bribing them against one another; and that these inoffensive people are brought into slavery, by stealing them, tempting Kings […]
They (the blacks) had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.
To Americans. That some desperate wretches should be willing to steal and enslave men by violence and murder for gain, is rather lamentable than strange. But that many civilized, nay, christianized people should approve, and be concerned in the savage practice, is surprising; and still persist, though it has been so often proved contrary to […]
There was no place in the land where the seeker could not find some small budding sign of pity for the slave. No place in all the land but one – the pulpit. It yielded last; it always does. It fought a strong and stubborn fight, and then did what it always does, joined the […]
The South considered Lincoln so “black” an abolitionist that its leaders pronounced themselves ready to succeed from the Union rather than accept his election… This was a recognition of the major difference between Lincoln and every other presidential candidate since John Quincy Adams: Lincoln was willing to regard slavery as a moral issue – as […]
