“I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro. I didn't [paint] just as a historical thing, but because I believe these things tie up with the Negro today. We don't have a physical slavery, but an economic slavery. If these people, who were so much worse off than the people today, could conquer their slavery, we can certainly do the same thing....I am not a politician. I'm an artist, just trying to do my part to bring this thing about.” PeopleIfsTryingBelieveStatesTodaySchoolArtistI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesWrittenEconomicTaughtPoliticianSlaveryHistoricalPaintIncludingHonestlyConquerTiesPublic SchoolEconomic Slavery Author:Jacob Lawrence
“With their own record of killing 12 million American Indians and supporting slavery for four decades after the British abolished it, Americans wish to project their historical guilt on to someone else.” WishHistoryMillionsRecordsFourHumourProjectsSlaveryGuiltHistoricalKillingBritishDecadesAmerican Indian Author:Andrew Roberts
“Critics often point to historical issues such as slavery, upon which many Christians did act inconsistently, in an effort to invalidate Christian participation in contemporary social issues.” ChristianSocialReligiousEffortIssuesSlaveryHistoricalCriticsContemporaryParticipationSocial Issues Author:H. Wayne House
“I always wanted to do a movie that deals with America's horrific past with slavery, but the way I wanted to deal with it is - as opposed to doing it as a huge historical movie with a capital H - I thought it could be better if it was wrapped up in genre.” IfsWayWantedAmericaPastDealsHugeSlaveryHistoricalGenreHorrific Author:Quentin Tarantino
“The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself is a crime because slavery is a very important historical event that has held our people hostage. Forget white people's role in it. In the end what's important is black people remain and live with the scars and psychological issues.” PeopleNeedsMadeImportantEndsStoriesFilmBlackWhiteForgetRolesIssuesEventsCrimeSlaveryHistoricalPsychologicalBlack PeopleScarWhat's ImportantTrue StoryHostageHistorical Events Author:Haile Gerima
“We fight wars not to have peace, but to have a peace worth having. Slavery is peace. Tyranny is peace. For that matter, genocide is peace when you get right down to it. The historical consequences of a philosophy predicated on the notion of no war at any cost are families flying to the Super Bowl accompanied by three or four trusted slaves and a Europe devoid of a single living Jew.” WarMatterPhilosophyFightingThreeFourCostConsequenceEuropeSlaveryHistoricalSlaveNotionJewFlyingTyrannyGenocideTrustedBowlsSuper BowlNo War Author:Bill Whittle
“The truth is that History, with its imposing capital H, is simply the amalgamation of many quotidian lives lived in very ordinary ways. History is always personal. If you read Holocaust survivor or American slavery survivor narratives, you realize all too well that these great Historical moments were personal to someone at some time.” IfsWayWellsMomentsRealizingTruth IsOrdinarySlaveryHistoricalNarrativeSurvivorHolocaustImposingAmerican SlaveryHolocaust SurvivorAmalgamationGreat Historical Author:Chris Abani
“Slavery is the most insane thing... I don't know that we've ever seen in history, but it's got to be close. The idea of slavery is such a base impulse. It's like, "I'm going to kidnap you and then you're going to do everything I want." Like, what? And then there's the historical aspect. It had a huge effect on human history.” KnowsWantHumansIdeasEffectsHugeAspectSlaveryHistoricalInsaneImpulseHuman History Author:Neal Brennan
“The core cuisine of Southern food is established in the plantation South, within the world of slavery. To understand the plantation table, we must understand the relationship of enslaved people to Africa, to historical trauma, and their central role in food production. Their voice is the most poignant, expressive voice in Southern cuisine.” PeopleWorldSlaveryHistoricalTraumaSouthernPoignant Author:Marcie Cohen Ferris
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” IdeasWisdomHumorFreedomLibertyDemocracyMastersSlaveryHistoricalSlaveEqualityCivil WarPatrioticEmancipationDemocracies HaveBe A SlaveProclamationAmerican LibertyVoting And DemocracyDemocracy FreedomSlavery In AmericaStates RightsEmancipation ProclamationDemocracy And Human RightsPolitics And WarMasters And Slaves Author:Abraham Lincoln
“The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.” HumansDiversityPagesSocial JusticeSlaveryHistoricalHuman History Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“While boasting of our noble deeds we're careful to conceal the ugly fact that by an iniquitous money system we have nationalized a system of oppression which, though more refined, is not less cruel than the old system of chattel slavery.” FactsLibertySlaveryHistoricalCarefulDeedsUglyNobleOppressionBankingBoastBankersRefinedFederal ReserveMonetary SystemCentral BankingNoble Deeds Author:Horace Greeley