Gilbert Osofsky

Quotes by Gilbert Osofsky

• While some [Quakers] preached the golden rule, others practiced segregation within their own churches; some even carried it to the church pew and the graveyard.

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• Every aspect of the slave regime attempted to obliterate the slave's being. The simplest and most sacred forms by which humans acquire identity and dignity were denied slaves-the right to a name, knowledge of a birthday, occasional privacy, the ability to maintain the most basic family relationships, protection from physical and sexual savagery, and so on.

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