

“Thomas Jefferson, who penned the immortal words ‘all men are created equal’ in the American Declaration of Independence, was a slave owner.”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
― Humankind: A Hopeful History

“In ancient Athens, the cradle of western democracy, two-thirds of the population was enslaved. Great thinkers like Plato and Aristotle believed that, without slavery, civilisation could not exist.”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
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