1,063 Quotes About Slavery

Lush, detailed, total-immersion storytelling.–Kirkus Review

Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association

When the slaves finished, they had stripped the fields of their color. It was a magnificent operation, from seed to bale, but no one of them could be prideful of their labor. It had been stolen from them. Bled from them.

Каждый римлянин был окружен рабами. Раб и его психология наводнили древнюю Италию, и каждый римлянин внутренне — и, разумеется, непреднамеренно — становился рабом. Ибо он, постоянно живший в атмосфере рабов, заражался через бессознательное их психологией. Никто не в силах защитить себя от такого влияния.

Slavery happened. That flag stands for segregation. We have monuments to Civil War generals and slave owners, as well as preserved plantations. But we have only one slavery museum, and that was built by a private citizen. We have no national or federal slavery museum. There is no government-funded slavery museum. A proposal to put one in Virginia came through in 2001 and went unfunded and failed. Another one in Richmond reached a similar fate. This is absolutely shameful.

See this abdicated beast, once kingOf them all, nibble his claws:Not anger enough left—no, nor despair—To break his teeth on the bars.

Freedom is a hard habit to break.

My life had lost its relish when liberty was gone.

The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon.