Slave Trade

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“Tyranny produces two results, exactly opposite in character, and which are symbolized in those two great types of the slave in classical times—Epictetus and Spartacus. The one is hatred with its evil train, the other meekness with its Christian graces.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)