Sentences with phrase «long practice of slavery»

LOS ANGELES — Insisting that the legal, centuries - long practice of slavery in America could never have limited his personal or artistic ambitions, Kanye West stated Wednesday that if he had been born into captivity, he would have simply escaped the plantation on his motorcycle «the first chance [he] got.»

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The comments remind me of nothing so much as the long fight against slavery, which is biblically approved, but no longer considered appropriate Christian practice.
«This is likely one reason that Quakers have a long tradition of defying injustices, including slavery and war; the practice of listening to one's inner voice can create a sense of rightness and the bravery to act.»
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