#slaves

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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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

#disgraceful #itself #mankind #slaves #states

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. ↗

— George Mason

#labor #performed #poor #slaves

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

— Thomas Moore

#freedom #her #mockery #over #slaves

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#gaul #nobility #orders #people #priesthood

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#had #never #our #parents #slaves

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. ↗

— Huey Newton

#given #moment #people #slavery #slaves

If we are not represented, we are slaves. ↗

— James Otis

#slaves

The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#census #females #first #free #head

So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire. It's been extremely successful. ↗

— John Perkins

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