The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.
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.
Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.
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.
Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
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.
Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.
Slavery was not a bad day on the job. It was not your boss yelling at you. It was not hard work for little pay. This was a full system of human subjugation.