Slavery quotes

“This is the same jug Abraham Lincoln used. One drink and he freed the slaves. And we ain't had a job since.”
Charlie Barnett - Tyrone

“It's only the offspring of slaves that allows America to be competitive athletically. American Olympic gold can be measured in Negro sweat.”
Sylvester Groth - Joseph Goebbels

“There is an ill, Mr. Epps. A fearful ill resting upon this nation. And there will be a day of reckoning yet.”
Brad Pitt - Bass

“- Nick Fury: It is powered by the cube. And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys.
- Thor: Monkeys? I do not understand.
- Steve Rogers: I do! [Tony Stark rolls his eyes, while Steve Rogers looks proud of himself] I understood that reference.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury
Chris Hemsworth - Thor
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers

“- Proximo: Can any of them fight? I've got a match coming up.
- Slave Trader: Some are good for fighting, others for dying. You need both, I think.”

Oliver Reed - Proximo
Omid Djalili - Slave Trader

“- Dr. King Schultz: Do most slaves believe in marriage?
- Django: Oh, me and wife did. Old Man Carrucan didn't. That's why we, uh, we run off.”
Christoph Waltz - Dr. King Schultz
Jamie Foxx - Django

“- Vladimir Ivanoff: I read about slavery.
- Lionel Witherspoon: Yeah, with slavery at least the work was steady.
- Vladimir Ivanoff: Sounds like Russia.”
Robin Williams - Vladimir Ivanoff
Cleavant Derricks - Lionel Witherspoon

“- Helena: Everyone up! A few of you leave tomorrow morning. Do everything you can to please the buyers and you'll lead a life of luxury - jewels - and we all like jewels. And you never can tell, girls, you could meet the man of your life. He'll take care of you. Not bad, eh?
- Betty: You can count me out. We're not merchandise to be bought and...” (continue)(continue reading)

Elizabeth Hartmann - Helena
Sandra Graffi - Betty

“What makes wage slaves? Wages!”
Groucho Marx - Hammer

“Slavery is the only insult to the natural law.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Thaddeus Stevens

“- The Reverend Mr. Eager: Remember the facts about this church of Santa Croce; how it was built by faith in the full fervour of medievalism.
- Mr. Emerson: Built by faith indeed! That simply means the workers weren't paid properly.”
Patrick Godfrey - The Reverend Mr Eager, Chaplain of the Anglican Church in Florence
Denholm Elliott - Mr Emerson, an English tourist

“I understand I've got a larned nigger that writes letters and tries to get white fellows to mail them.”
Michael Fassbender - Edwin Epps

“On one hand, I despise slavery. On the other hand, I need your help. If you're not in a position to refuse, all the better. So, for the time being, I'm gonna make this slavery malarkey work to my benefit. Still, having said that, I feel guilty...”
Christoph Waltz - Dr. King Schultz

“Whatever your circumstances, you are an exceptional nigger, Platt.”
Benedict Cumberbatch - Ford

“We should get some slaves!”
Jemaine Clement - Vladislav

“I am Solomon Northup. I am a free man; a resident of Saratoga, New York. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I have papers. You have no right whatsoever to detain me... and I promise you, upon my liberation, I will have satisfaction for this wrong.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup

“Who knows? Maybe you will survive. Maybe they'll take you as a pet or something. Teach ya how to do tricks.”

Tim Robbins - Harlan Ogilvy

“- Ford: How much for the little girl? You have no need for her. One so young will bring you no profit.
- Freeman: I will not sell the girl. There's heaps and piles of money to be made off her.”

Benedict Cumberbatch - Ford
Paul Giamatti - Freeman

“- Calvin Candie: Your boss looks a little green around the gills.
- Django: He just ain't used to seein' a man ripped apart by dogs is all.
- Calvin Candie: But you are used to it?
- Django: I'm just a little more used to Americans than he is.”

Leonardo DiCaprio - Calvin Candie
Jamie Foxx - Django

“Listen, Epps, these niggers are human beings. If they are allowed to climb no higher than brute animals, you and men like you will have to answer for it.”
Brad Pitt - Bass

“- Das: Please, this is no way to defend your case!
- Ali: I am not defending a case - and you are not trying one! We are both slaves!
- Das: Mr. Mahmoud Ali, if you don't calm down, I will have to exercise my authority.
- Ali: Do so! This trial is a farce!”
Rashid Karapiet - Das
Art Malik - Ali

The first nigger who tried that shit... Somebody said, "Nigger, bale this cotton" and he said "Fuck you, Massa". The other motherfuckers said, "All right, we'll bale the shit, all right. Just keep that fucking shit away from me".

Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy

“- Bass: What right have you to your niggers?
- Edwin Epps: I bought 'em. I paid for 'em.”
Brad Pitt - Bass
Michael Fassbender - Edwin Epps

“- Solomon Northup: You devil! Sooner or later, somewhere in the course of eternal justice thou shalt answer for this sin!
- Edwin Epps: There is no sin! A man does how he pleases with his property.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup
Michael Fassbender - Edwin Epps

“It hurt me to wake up and see my beautiful black people suffer, victimized by the oppressive, harsh realities of the hood. I guess, even though we were free, we were still slaves... in the mind.”
Shawn Wayans - Ashtray