“Long time men lay oppress'd with slavish fear Religion's tyranny did domineer ... At length a mighty one of Greece began To assert the natural liberty of man, By senseless terrors and vain fancies let To slavery. Straight the conquered phantoms fled.” MenLongNaturalLibertyAtheismLong TimeSlaveryLaysTerrorPositive AtheismTyrannyVainFancyLengthGreecePhantoms Author:Lucretius
“There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.” HumansLongSacrificeNewsLong TimeRacismSlaverySpeciesSexismHolocaustBrutalityBad NewsIdiocyAgeism Author:Maya Angelou
“I'm looking at the head of the household, and the house hasn't been run properly for a long time, ... Clinton was the first person ever to make a formal apology to black people for slavery, which was very warm and appreciated. But African-Americans haven't healed at all . The wound is still very open. And seeing the differences in how people live, it just puts salt in it- constantly . Seeing the way we're treated within these United States ... it burns you even more every day.” PeopleWayFirstsPersonsLongStillsStatesRunningHouseBlackDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesSeeingHavensLong TimeSlaveryClintonWarmWoundsTreatedAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleSaltApologyHouseholdFormalAppreciatedHealedFirst Person Author:Jill Scott
“The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.” LongStarsSeaBattleLong TimeSlaverySymbolsFlagsStripesConfederateAmerican FlagSlave TradeHigh Seas Author:Alan Keyes
“I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.” LongFatherLiteratureLong TimeSlaveryPatternsLong Time AgoBoyfriend Author:Anais Nin
“What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression.” YearsWellsLongHas BeensSoulFormCultureParticularLong TimeSlaveryOppression Author:Roy Ayers
“Oh you Muslims! You have slept for a long time, long enough for the tyrants to take control over you. You accepted to live as slaves and submitted to tyrants. Now the time has come to revolt and destroy the shackle of slavery.” LongEnoughLong TimeSlaverySlaveAcceptedOver YouTyrantsRevoltShacklesTake Control Author:Sheikh Abdullah