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“Shatter the icons of slavery and fear. Replace the leer of the minstrel's burnt-cork face with a proud, serene and classic bronze of Benin.”

Faces Proud Slavery Classic Icons Serene Bronze Cork Minstrels

Book:Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall

Source: Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall

“I have watched how steadily the general feeling, as shown at elections, has been rising against Slavery. What a proud thing for England if she is the first European nation which utterly abolishes it! I was told before leaving England that after living in slave countries all my opinions would be altered; the only alteration I am aware of is forming a much higher estimate of the negro character.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

“For me, seeing our history told in this light, the ones who did rebel, the ones who did revolt, the revolutionaries, excited me. Seeing this story of the Underground Railroad ... and that is such a proud part of our history that not a lot of us know about, where these brave men and women, they were heroes, really helped tear down the system of slavery just by running.”

Knows Men Stories Light Running Seeing Tears Proud Hero Men And Women Slavery Brave Excited Revolutionary Rebel Revolt Railroads Brave Man Underground Railroad

Author:Jurnee Smollett

“I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?”

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Author:Barbra Streisand

“How hard a thing is life to the lowly and yet how human and real is it? And all this life and love and strife and failure, - is it the twilight of nightfall or the flush of some faint-dawning day? The answer lies in each of us. For somewhere in your past ... somewhere some 100 years ago?there rose from the smoldering ashes of slavery?a proud and humble family who suffered and struggled with life. A family who found the strength to endure all the indignities of life in America, and that family had the hope for a taste of her bounties in the future.”

“When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.”

World History Proud Slavery Jealous

Book:The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, with Memoir and Historical Introductions. By James Burke

Source: The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, with Memoir and Historical Introductions. By James Burke

“If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.”

Ifs Feels Proud Slavery Colonialism Apologetic

Author:Jesse Jackson