Abolition Quotes

“Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.”

“I am no politician; I came to this legislature simply because I wish to have the honour of voting for the two constitutional amendments: one for driving slavery entirely out of our country; the other to allow men of education and good moral character to vote, regardless of the colour of their skins.”

“In the light of the great American spirit of liberty and equal rights which is sweeping over this country, no party can afford to carry slavery, either of body or of mind. Knock off your manacles and let the man go free.”

“There is one resolution I will not omit. Resolved that no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen colonies.”

“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”

William Wilberforce

“I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice.”

William Lloyd Garrison

“I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

Sojourner Truth

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”