Slaves

Examples

• But why didn't you free your slaves? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Talk about our keeping slaves, as if we did it for our _convenience_, said Marie. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It's all nonsense to talk to me about slaves _enjoying_ all this! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Seize him and strip him, slaves, said the knight, and let the fathers of his race assist him if they can. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• So they declared that there were in the world men naturally slaves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I do not mean the genuine article, but all men are slaves more or less, if they don't follow my mode of life. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Defoe could not think that God Almighty had made women so glorious, with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men, and all to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In the matter of slavery; all nations had slaves; some treated them very cruelly, some with moderate cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There, said the former, throwing him a pair of coarse, stout shoes, such as were common among the slaves, put these on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I prefer to be the laSt Slaves! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Neither must they represent slaves, male or female, performing the offices of slaves? Plato. The Republic.
• The courts and gardens are filled with slaves, with women and with children. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He will take the slaves from their owners and make them his body-guard; these are his trusted friends, who admire and look up to him. Plato. The Republic.
• Its followers were mainly slaves, soldiers, and distressed people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Babylon was full of Aramean traders, who had great establishments, with slaves, freed-men, employees of all sorts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some poor slaves below, said the mother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Slaves wash them, slaves dress them, slaves feed them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• O, mamma, said a boy, who had just come up from below, there's a negro trader on board, and he's brought four or five slaves down there. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The frightened slaves about her trembled in wide-eyed expectancy, knowing not whether to pray for our victory or our defeat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In all European colonies, the culture of the sugar-cane is carried on by negro slaves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Wherever the law allows it, and the nature of the work can afford it, therefore, he will generally prefer the service of slaves to that of freemen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Rum is a very important article in the trade which the Americans carry on to the coast of Africa, from which they bring back negro slaves in return. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The masters determine when and where a new nest shall be formed, and when they migrate, the masters carry the slaves. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• No government has a right to make slaves of its subjects. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was estimated that in 1770 there were fifteen thousand slaves in Britain, mostly brought over by their owners from the West Indies and Virginia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Hence, it is clear that the slaves feel quite at home. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• And your slaves, see that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves, and clothe them with the stuff ye wear. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But the truth is, they want to be masters, and make the masters into slaves on their own ground. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Even the lowest soldier is a god, and has his slaves to wait upon him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Edited by Alison