| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Slaves |
| | Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Cowper. | 1 |
| There is a period in which the tamest slaves rise into fury and revenge. Gibbon. | 2 |
| We ought not to forget that our slaves are our fellowmen. Cato. | 3 | | |
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