Blacks Ended Slavery - Not Whites (End Of Story)

The truth is, whites HELPED to end slavery, just as they HELPED in the Civil Rights Movement, but the idea that anyone wanted freedom for blacks more, or suffered more to get it, than blacks themselves, is preposterous. Blacks have always freed ourselves, and the importance of destroying slavery wasn't a choice, like it was for whites. No white man had to tell Harriet Tubman what she was doing, and they didn't always know, but "Moses" is one example of blacks destroying slavery.

 - The Crack Emcee, February 20, 2014

Slavery ended because blacks could no longer stand it. Most whites, however, understood that they could live without it. That is not quite the definition of moral progress we might expect. But it is a humbling reminder of how moral campaigns are actually won: with more than simple appeals to the heart.

 - The Daily Beast, February 18, 2014, reviewing David Brion Davis' new book, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation