Lincoln grew up in a society in which he was taught that slavery, as well as any sort of prejudice opinions against blacks, was deemed to be normal. Although eventually his hatred for slavery grew, it was originally difficult for him to recognize that that which he had been taught his whole life about slavery being acceptable, was truly unjust, unfair and cruel. ...
As the first woman in England to classify herself as a professional writer and playwright, she wrote to support herself and to prove a point during a time when women were deemed subordinate to men. ... The only truly acceptable place for a woman during this period was at home as a sexually pure wife. ...
Europeans were cognizant of this fact but yet deemed the Africans as subordinate thus enslaving them and strangling their heritage. ... Nonetheless, names were altered over the years into a form acceptable to both the slave as a reminder of his roots and to his master, as something he could pronounce e.g., 'Ebo Jane' or 'Mandigo Jack'8. ...
