Slave Trade

Famous quotes containing the words slave and/or trade:

“Of all insults, the temporary condescension of a master to a slave is the most outrageous and galling. That potentate who most condescends, mark him well; for that potentate, if occasion come, will prove your uttermost tyrant.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

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