1. Frederick Douglass
To not provide proper clothing for the inmates is inhumane and cruel and unusual punishment. ... From February 25 to May 9, 1864, 4,588 patients received treatment from the hospital and 1,026 of those patients died. ... Just because they are fighting for the opposing side does not mean anyone has the right to starve them or deliberately with hold good medical treatment from them. ...
So you're the lady whose book started this great war. Abraham Lincoln said this to Harriet Beecher Stowe upon meeting her in 1862. This quote shows the great influence the novel had on the minds of its readers and on a nation in turmoil. At the height of racial tension in nineteenth century America,...
His eloquent words about his treatment as a slave were a powerful weapon against slavery; however, as his oratory grew more polished, audiences began to question whether he had ever been a slave, which gave Douglass another reason to write his book. ... Although the actions of all slaveholders are regarded as inhumane and cruel, Douglass believes that Captain Auld and his wife are the worst of them all. ...