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“The sky is dark. But to understand something is to give light. Those who deny liberty to the slaves may have white skins, but their consciences are blacker than the skin of the Negro.”

Giving May Light Dark White Liberty Sky Conscience Skins Slavery Slave Deny White Skin

Author:Roman Baldorioty de Castro

“And there is no difference, in principle - but only in degree - between political and chattel slavery. The former, no less than the latter, denies a man's ownership of himself and the products of his labor; and asserts that other men may own him, and dispose of him and his property, for their uses, and at their pleasure.”

Men May Use Political Differences Pleasure Principles Products Degrees Labor Slavery Property Deny Former Latter Ownership

Book:Individualist anarchist pamphlets

Source: Individualist anarchist pamphlets

“...I cannot help being astonished at the furious and ungoverned execration which all reference to the possibility of a fusion of the races draws down upon those who suggest it, because nobody pretends to deny that, throughout the South, a large proportion of the population is the offspring of white men and colored women.”

Men Helping White Race Possibility Draws Slavery South Population Deny Proportion White Man Offspring Furious Fusion

Book:Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839

Source: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839

“The Bible has lost every major battle it has ever fought. The Bible was quoted to defend slavery and the bible lost. The Bible was quoted to keep women silent, and the Bible lost. And the Bible is being quoted to deny homosexuals their equal rights, and the Bible will lose.”

Lost Loses Rights Battle Equal Majors Slavery Silent Deny Homosexual Equal Rights

Author:John Shelby Spong

“Whatever Lincoln's racial views, which are not totally modern and egalitarian in many ways, he believes blacks should have this natural right to improve their condition in life and slavery denies that to them.”

Way Should Believe Natural Views Modern Conditions Should Have Slavery Deny

Author:Eric Foner

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

“Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as best he can about his business, suffering quietly, martyr to his madness. Much to learn.”

Men Self Suffering Fire Madness Slavery Deny Clock Beast Martyr Elementals Chained

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have her independent existence and she will continue nonetheless to exist for him also: mutually recognising each other as subject, each will yet remain for the other an other...when we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the 'division' of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.”

Men Humans Whole Together Form Humanity Existence Half Subjects Bears Couple Relation Independent Slavery Refuse Deny Genuine Hypocrisy Significance Division Abolish

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart.”

Knows Men Heart Slavery Lips Deny Every Man Curse Libel

Book:American Slavery As It Was - The Background Of Twelve Years A Slave

Source: American Slavery As It Was - The Background Of Twelve Years A Slave

“It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties.”

Ifs Giving Said War Government Form Fighting Liberty Enemy Rights Military Giving Up Slavery Deny Civil War Superiority Pretense Forms Of Government Confederate Depriving

Author:Patrick Cleburne

“Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome and were accompanied by the eventual disappearance of slavery in all but the fringes of Christian Europe. When Europeans subsequently instituted slavery in the New World, they did so over strenuous papal opposition, a fact that was conveniently 'lost' from history until recently. Finally, the abolition of New World slavery was initiated and achieved by Christian activists.”