The idea that somehow people of African descent are not part of the same species as whites was accepted by European men of science in the early modern period.

Slave rebellions, especially the [1791] Haitian Revolution, had an ongoing effect on the ways in which abolitionists talked about ending slavery.

Slaveholders deployed so-called scientific racism to justify racial slavery.

In New England enslaved people had the right to sue for wrongful enslavement.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.

The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

"I'm hoping that the more you see me, the more I'll grow on you." "Like a fungus?

We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.

I'm up here in this womb, I'm looking all around. We'll, I'm looking out my belly button window and I see a whole lot of frowns.

The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.

To die for one's great ideas is glorious - and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.

Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.