“Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.” IfsCountryMomentsFallAirEnglandSlaverySlaveBreatheOur CountryThat MomentLungsShacklesSlavery Freedom Author:William Cowper
“Understand me: I wish to be a man from somewhere, a man among men. You see, a slave, when he passes by, weary and surly, carrying a heavy load, limping along and looking down at his feet, only at his feet to avoid falling down; he is in his town, like a leaf in greenery, like a tree in a forest, argos surrounds him, heavy and warm, full of herself; I want to be that slave, Electra, I want to pull the city around me and to roll myself up in it like a blanket. I will not leave.” MenWantFallWishCitiesTreeFeetTownsSlaveHeavyWarmForestsSurroundLoadWearyLeafsBe A ManFalling DownBlanketUnderstand MeLooking DownSurlyLimpingElectraGreeneryHeavy Loads Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Until recently baby production was largely dependent on slave labour; as soon as women are allowed to answer the question "Would you like to squeeze as many objects the size of a watermelon out of your body as it takes to kill you?" they generally answer "No, thank you." This leads to falling birthrates everywhere women are not kept enslaved and ignorant of the alternatives.” BodyFallAnswersObjectsBabySlaveSizeProductionsYour BodyIgnorantAlternativesDependentLabourSlave Labour Author:James Nicoll
“If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn't forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.” IfsWorldWayHumansEndsWholeFallHuman BeingsForgetProudCreaturesSlaveWhole WorldHonorable Author:Shams Tabrizi
“The duty I owe to the slave, to truth, and to God, demands that I should use my pen and tongue so long as life and health are vouchsafed to me to employ them, or until the last chain shall fall from the limbs of the last slave in America and the world.” WorldShouldLongUseLastsAmericaFallDutyDemandSlaveTongueChainsPensLimbs Author:William Wells Brown