Transatlantic Slave Trade

Famous quotes containing the words slave and/or trade:

    It’s fine to be a great democrat when you’ve a slave to rub your boots on.
    Christina Stead (1902–1983)

    Though I have locked my gate on them
    I pity all the young,
    I know what devil’s trade they learn
    From those they live among,
    Their drink, their pitch and toss by day,
    Their robbery by night....
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)