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Quotes Against Slavery of Animals in Historical Literature; Analogies to Human Slavery, Animal Slavery-Servitude, Animal as Slaves

Quotes-Slavery of Animals: Renaissance

[15th-16th c] Leonardo da Vinci—(Of Asses that are beaten.) O Nature! Wherefore art thou so partial; being to some of thy children a tender and benign mother, and to others a most cruel and pitiless stepmother? I see children of thine given up to slavery to others, without any sort of advantage, and instead of remuneration for the good they do, they are paid with the severest suffering, and spend their whole life in benefitting those who ill treat them.