Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost, if not quite stationary. – Henry Charles Carey
The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay. – George Grey
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey – whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? – The Bible Romans 6:16
Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. – Albert Bushnell Hart
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind. – George Mason
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” – The Bible Romans 8:14-15
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves. – Louis Leakey
In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves. – John Lothrop Motley
In ‘Bayou Magic,’ I write about African goddess-mermaids who accompanied slaves to America. – Jewell Parker Rhodes
In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions. – Robert Toombs
The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good. – Stephane Hessel
I don’t have an assistant. I make a lot of people around me my slaves, but no assistant. – Shirley MacLaine
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. – Unknown
