In the nineteenth century, the disease of \u201cthe system of slavery\u201d had spread in the United States of America. Once, the attorney Abraham Lincoln (who became the sixteenth president of his country) saw, in one of the states, black men and women tied up like cattle, and offered for sale at auction! A woman was presented. Lincoln wanted her free. He entered the auction. He repeated the specified price. They increased it. He increased. They increased. He increased, until he won the \u201csale\u201d! They gave him the woman. He looked at her, and told her: \"you are free!\u201d. She told him, in astonishment: \u201cwhat does it mean: you are free?\u201d. He answered her: \u201cfrom this moment on, you can say anything, do anything, and go anywhere you want...\". She said to him: \"I want to go with you\u201d! Nothing creates companionship like freedom does!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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