Slaves T-Shirts
Description: William Hazlitt quote: The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion.
Description: Hypocrites: America Was Built on the Backs of Immigrants and Slaves — A powerful visual, a crowd of weary immigrants trudges toward an industrial ship, framed by smoke and steel—symbols of the labor that built America. The bold text, “AMERICA WAS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF IMMIGRANTS AND SLAVES,” confronts viewers with a truth often ignored. In today’s climate, where ICE agents deny due process to marginalized communities, this image becomes a mirror of hypocrisy. As civil rights erode and nationalism rises, the likely result is deeper division—a nation forgetting the very hands that shaped it.
Description: Hypocrites: America Was Built on the Backs of Immigrants and Slaves — In stark contrast to its founding truths, this image exposes the hypocrisy of modern America—where ICE agents, symbols of state power, deny due process to immigrants and marginalized citizens whose labor and sacrifice built the nation. The distressed typography evokes a fractured legacy, reminding us that while America was forged by the hands of the oppressed, it now turns its back on them. Amid rising xenophobia and systemic inequities, this visual indictment demands accountability and justice for those still fighting to belong.
Description: Did it ever occur to you that brands were used for marking slaves and cattle - and maybe criminals? Funny how, nowadays, we pay to wear a brand on our clothes, don't you think? Not quite the same, of course - no one's coming at you with a red-hot branding iron in the sportswear department, thank goodness - but still... Makes you think, doesn't it?
Description: Hypocrites: America Was Built on the Backs of Immigrants and Slaves — In stark contrast to its founding truths, this image exposes the hypocrisy of modern America—where ICE agents, symbols of state power, deny due process to immigrants and marginalized citizens whose labor and sacrifice built the nation. The distressed typography evokes a fractured legacy, reminding us that while America was forged by the hands of the oppressed, it now turns its back on them. Amid rising xenophobia and systemic inequities, this visual indictment demands accountability and justice for those still fighting to belong.
