Freedom is never given

The number of times that slavers granted freedom to their slaves is vanishingly small. Almost without exception, freedom was won. Freedom was fought for. Freedom was wrested from the hands of the slavers. Freedom was assumed and then taken.

Never Apologize

There are two types of apologies: An apology for what you did An apology for what you are Sometimes the first type of apology is appropriate. Sometimes what you did was wrong, or thoughtless or self-indulgent and it hurt someone. You could have chosen differently. But...