In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.
I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.
Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back.
Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.
There is no slavery but ignorance.
Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.
I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.