After reading and annotating "Speech on Slavery" by Abraham Lincoln and "Excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northrup, write an informational essay in which you analyze how each author draws attention to the hypocrisy within American ideals of slavery during this period of history. Be sure to use textual evidence from both sources to support your analysis.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes