#avery

...In the end, there's no sort of difference between dying from ignorance and dying under the feet of thousands of men who have regained their freedom. You close your eyes, and then there's nothing anymore. And death is never difficult. It requires neither a hero nor a slave. It eats what it's served. ↗

— Philippe Claudel

#freedom #humanity #slavery #death

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need. ↗

— Richard Gere

#bravery #emotional #i #need #show

This war is not about slavery. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#slavery #war

Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico. ↗

— David Wilmot

#any #congress #exclude #future #mexico