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← Ancient master and slave were of one race and recognised each other's human equality
17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 26 May 2026.
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Read this korrent: Ancient master and slave were of one race and recognised each other's human equality
Ancient master and slave were of one race and recognised each other's human equality
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Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Freed slaves, unlike in Rome, must be removed beyond the reach of racial mixture — tap to centre the map on it
Freed slaves, unlike in Rome, must be removed beyond the reach of racial mixture
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Thomas Jefferson — holds since c. 1781–1787 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slave can confer a benefit on his master, and it is all the greater for it — tap to centre the map on it
A slave can confer a benefit on his master, and it is all the greater for it
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Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it
The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men
Last stated 238 years ago
24 Mar 1789
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Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some people are slaves by nature, and enslaving them is just where it benefits them — tap to centre the map on it
Some people are slaves by nature, and enslaving them is just where it benefits them
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Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every restraint on liberty beyond what justice needs is a degree of slavery — tap to centre the map on it
Every restraint on liberty beyond what justice needs is a degree of slavery
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Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom — tap to centre the map on it
Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom
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Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Mixed-race births undermine the claim that slavery is justified by Ham's curse — tap to centre the map on it
Mixed-race births undermine the claim that slavery is justified by Ham's curse
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Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim — tap to centre the map on it
Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes
Last stated 14 years ago
15 Jun 2012
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way.
Last stated 7 months ago
2 Apr 2026
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Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
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Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
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Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
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Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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