I freed th’ slave, Hennesy, but faith, I think ’twas like turnin’ him out iv th’ pa-antry into th’ cellar. You can’t do ennythin’ more f’r him than make him free. Ye can’t, Hennessy, only when ye tell ’em they’re free, they kno-ow we’re only stringin. them.
Slaves - Slavery Quotes
The whole Bible was written by slave owners, and for slave owners. There is no hint of criticism of slavery anywhere in that book. Jesus made no objection to mistreatment of slaves. He indicated that selling of debtors into slavery would be continued his forthcoming kingdom of heaven as well as masters having the right […]
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
While it is true that an inherently free and scrupulous person may be destroyed, such an individual can never be enslaved or used as a blind tool.
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of slaves.
If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.
Salvation through slavery is worthless. Salvation from slavery is inestimable.
Our opinions agree as to the evil, moral, political, and economical, of slavery.
This filthy enactment (The Fugitive Slave Law) was made in the nineteenth century, by people who could read and write. I will not obey it, by God.
