"There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families."

Slavery, Blind, Circumstance, Connection, Majority

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"There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families."

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"It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union."

John H. Reagan, American Politician

Slavery, Giving, Importance, Leaders, Mission

"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Slavery, Comfort, Privilege, Ignorance

"To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Slavery, Knowledge, Ignorance, Power, Freedom

"Stardom can be a gilded slavery."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

Slavery,

"The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Slavery,

"The master doesn't need to chain his slaves; their needs will chain them to him. You can end slavery by the stroke of a pen, but the pressing call of necessity will reestablish it."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Slavery, Needs, Master, Pen

"The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

Slavery, Secrets

"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

Slavery, Trees

"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."

Andrew Johnson, American President

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"What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

Slavery, Man

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"When Time is spent, Eternity begins."

Time

"If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful."

Will

"O month when they who love must love and wed."

Love

"When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget."

Love

"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

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"Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand."

God

"On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead; And made his eldest son, one day, Slave in his father's stead."

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"It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union."

"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."

"To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable."

"Stardom can be a gilded slavery."

"The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it."

"The master doesn't need to chain his slaves; their needs will chain them to him. You can end slavery by the stroke of a pen, but the pressing call of necessity will reestablish it."

"The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition."

"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."

"What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow."

Explore more quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson

"When Time is spent, Eternity begins."

"If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful."

"O month when they who love must love and wed."

"When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget."

"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"

"Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy."

"Love has a tide!"

"Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand."

"On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead; And made his eldest son, one day, Slave in his father's stead."