#slave

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission. ↗

— James A. Garfield

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This war is not about slavery. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#slavery #war

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The corporate woman has been defined as the 'liberated woman' and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was; because she's so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power. ↗

— Kenny Loggins

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Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. ↗

— George Mason

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The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind. ↗

— George Mason

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The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. ↗

— George Mason

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

— David Wilmot

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