“Later, a large band of Christians mounted an attack on this native lord, butchering him along with vast numbers of his people and taking all the survivors into slavery, where they duly perished, so that today not a trace remains of what was previously a community with dominion over an area of some thirty leagues.” PeopleTodayChristianCommunityNumbersLordAtheismBandAreasSlaveryRemainsLeagueThirtyNativeSurvivorDominion Author:Bartolome de las Casas
“A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.” NightBeliefLordFateWorstSlaveryAweNecksTyrantsStrictEverlastingImposing Author:Epicurus
“O execrable son! so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given. He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.” MenHumansMadeLeftGivenLordSonAuthorityAbsolutesSlaveryAssumingFishesTitlesBeastAspireDominionBrethrenDonationFowl Book:Paradise lost Source: Paradise lost
“My people couldn't have survived slavery without having hope that it would get better. And there's some songs from the 19th and 18th century that say [sings], "By and by, by and by, I will lay down, this heavy load." And I mean, so many songs that spoke of hope and understand it better by and by. Amazing songs. So that the slaves, just knowing that he, she, did not have the right legally to walk within one inch away from where the slave owner dictated, and yet the same person, wrote and sang with fervor, "If the lord wants somebody, here am I, send me." It's amazing.” PeopleIfsWantMeanPersonsSongWalksLordKnowingCenturySlaveryLaysSlaveHeavyGet BetterOwnersSpokesInchesLoadSurvivedHaving Hope18th CenturyFervorSlave OwnersHeavy LoadsAmazing Song Author:Maya Angelou
“The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.” KindProblemCertainLordSupportEqualAuthoritySlaveryDefinitionsTraditionalBiblicalForbiddenValidityHaircutsLendingSubjugation Author:Jon Meacham
“But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful advances are making towards their re- establishment on an equal footing with the other colors of the human family.” HumansPersonsNationsUnderstandingLordOpinionRightsSubjectsTalentColorEqualDegreesSlaveryPropertySuperiorsHopefulEstablishmentNewtonIsaacHuman Family Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today... The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone... we must be compassionate!” IfsLoveGodHandsHappensTodayChristianSufferingReligiousCompassionChristianityLordKissingCatholicSlaverySlaveSaintGod LoveTortureCompassionateTradersKidnappedLove EveryoneKneelingSlave Trade Author:Josephine Bakhita
“What does Christianity mean today? National Socialism is a religion. All we lack is a religious genius capable of uprooting outmoded religious practices and putting new ones in their place. We lack traditions and ritual. One day soon National Socialism will be the religion of all Germans. My Party is my church, and I believe I serve the Lord best if I do his will, and liberate my oppressed people from the fetters of slavery. That is my gospel.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanDoeTodayI BelieveChurchReligiousPartyChristianityLordPracticeGeniusOne DayCapableTraditionSlaverySocialismRitualOppressedFettersReligious PracticesUprooting Author:Joseph Goebbels
“Today the large organization is lord and master, and most of its employees have been desensitized much as were the medieval peasants who never knew they were serfs.” Has BeensTodayLordMastersOrganizationSlaveryEmployeePeasantsMedievalSerfs Author:Ralph Nader