Slaves Freed

Famous quotes containing the words slaves and/or freed:

“The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them.”
—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

“Then with no fiery throbbing pain,
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And freed his soul the nearest way.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)