Edward Ball quotes

Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away. (Edward Ball)
The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react. View quote
Edward Ball
Slavery in West Africa, and in Rome and in the Mediterranean, was something different than slavery in America. View quote
Edward Ball
If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one. View quote
Edward Ball
It's not a common thing for a Southern white family to go out and seek their black cousins. View quote
Edward Ball