"White people just don't want their slaves..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali
White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.
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More on Slavery
“In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.”
“If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.”
“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”