Which piece of evidence BEST explains what the speaker thinks he must accomplish in his speech?
O Must I try to prove that the slave is a man? That point is accepted already, and nobody doubts it,
The slave holders themselves acknowledge it in their laws and acknowledge it when they punish
their slaves.
Go search where you will. Roam through all the monarchies and the terrible and oppressive
countries of the Old World, travel through South America. When you have found every example of
cruel and violent treatment, compare them to what goes on here every day.
The feeling of the nation must be stirred up; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the good
manners of the nation must be offended; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its
crimes against God and man must be denounced.
Is it wrong to hunt them with dogs, to sell them at auction, to split apart their families, to knock out
their teeth, to burn their flesh, to starve them into obeying their masters? Must I argue that a bloody
system is wrong? No, I will not. I have better use of my time and strength.