Frederick Douglass: “Whatever of good or ill the future may have in store for me, the past at least is secure.”

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.

Lincoln was not only a great President, but a GREAT MAN--too great to be small in anything.

Slavery had no recognition of fathers, as none of families.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.