At such a time as this when the world and especially our country Nigeria is bleeding, we need many more people to come to the fore and lend a voice to condemn the evil overtaking the land. We must speak, scream, shout if we must, against the wickedness and oppression in the land. It is not a time to sit pretty and be silent. Freedom begins with a word and the quote from Harriet Beecher Stowe captures it so succintly. "I feel now that the time is come, when even a woman or a child that can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent."
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. As a child I was fascinated with her writings, moreso later in life when I came across the phrase:
"More Done With Pens Than Swords: Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Book That Rocked America"
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