Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Some things are bigger than each of us

There was a time when slavery was believed too deeply entrenched in American culture to ever be abolished. The movement to end this “peculiar institution” was made up of individuals willing to recognize that some things in life are bigger than each of us. Whether they literally risked their lives by rescuing slaves and running the Underground Railroad or they did their part by sewing clothes and blankets for escaped slaves or, yes, writing books like Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the movement needed every single one of these brave humans doing their part—big or small.

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