Slavery in the British and French Caribbean refers to slavery in the parts of the Caribbean dominated by France or the British Empire.
Read more about Slavery In The British And French Caribbean: Conditions, Abolition, Effects of The Abolition, Women, Social Production, and Slavery in The British Caribbean, Women and Resistance To Slavery in The British Caribbean
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“It cannot in the opinion of His Majestys Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.”
—Winston Churchill (18741965)
“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of mans natureopposition to it, is [in?] his love of justice.... Repeal the Missouri compromiserepeal all compromisesrepeal the declaration of independencerepeal all past history, you still can not repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance of mans heart, that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
“The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”
—Robert Morley (19081992)
“Have ye got the parcel there for Mrs White?
Ye havent! Oh, begorra!
Say its comin down tomorra
And it might now, Michael, so it might!”
—William Percy French (18541920)
“But now Miss America, Worlds champion woman, you take your promenading self down into the cobalt blue waters of the Caribbean and see what happens. You meet a lot of darkish men who make vociferous love to you, but otherwise pay you no mid.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (18911960)