“Slavery was a central concern of governance form the time of the first nation-state. The Code of Hammurabi, the earliest know set of laws for governing an empire, prescribed death for anyone who harbored a fugitive or otherwise helped a slave to escape. The relationship between the law and bondage goes back even farther: Indeed, the oldest extant legal documents don't concern the sale of land, houses, or even animals, but slaves.” KnowsFirstsStatesFormLawHouseNationsAnimalLandConcernSlaverySlaveCodeEmpiresDocumentsBondageGovernanceGoverningFugitive Book:The Culture of Make Believe Source: The Culture of Make Believe
“I remember when I wrote a piece, "Blood on the Fields," it was a while ago, it was about slavery and about two characters, and I studied so much of music, I would always go back to the original documents, and as much as I can get original chants and slave chants and different type of beats and rhythms and ring shout.” I CanTwoDifferentCharacterRememberPiecesBloodFieldsTypeBeatsOriginalsSlaverySlaveRingsRhythmDocumentsRemember When Author:Wynton Marsalis
“You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln [and] you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why? Because it doesn't fit the image of the Great Emancipator. It doesn't fit the retrospective view we want to have of Lincoln as the man who was the moralist in politics, who came into office committed to ending slavery and waited to sign this document.” MenWantWellsLongBookBeliefTermViewsKnownHe ManFitOfficePicksSlaveryCommittedLong TermDocumentsWell KnownColonizationMoralistRetrospectiveEnding Slavery Author:Eric Foner
“The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads during the Civil War and justified it.” WarSlaverySlaveCivil WarOwnersDocumentsJustifiedSlave OwnersPro Slavery Author:Dan Savage
“But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly, men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country.” ThinkingKnowsMenCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesCrazySlaveryContributionFoundersDocuments Author:Michele Bachmann
“The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither.” PurposeLibertyConstitutionSlaveryGloriousTemplesDocumentsGatewaysPreamble Author:Frederick Douglass
“The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.” RepublicanSlaveryFoundersDocumentsStupid Conservative Author:Michele Bachmann