#slaves

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#created #did #equal #jefferson #owned

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them. ↗

— James Bovard

#being #burden #change #con #important

Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#blood #confederacy #fight #give #large

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#civilization #greatest #instead #machines #make

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#ashamed #been #being #grandparents #having

Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#i #jews #lincoln #moses #neurotics

Keeping the Union together, freeing slaves and being assassinated all added up to creating 'Lincoln the myth.' He overcame a lot of his own prejudices and became what many would consider the first black man's president. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#assassinated #became #being #black #consider

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#against #america #anti-semitic #based #best

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

#angola #any #badly #completely #illiterate

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#freedom #her #mockery #over #slaves