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Lincoln states in his letter to Miss Merry Speed, a personal friend, that he was amazed to see that the slaves on the boat were happy even though they were bought and were being shipped off to plant in the South. This made him contemplate the effect of the condition upon the happiness of people.
Definitely personification.
Personification is giving non-living things living characteristics. e.g. sun slumbers.
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To discover the message these two works share, you will need to read both texts. This message is the theme, the lesson that the author of the two texts wants to present to the reader. You can find this message by reading the texts and answering the question "What are these texts trying to teach me?"