Hi LandLR, didn't mean to ignore you.

basically, abuse is rampant and everyone on the list suffered in more ways than one i.e.
1. poverty
2. race
3. parent-less
4. spouse-less
5. territory
6. maid-less
etc. etc.

and yet they were able to rise above the situation regardless of circumstance, territory, race, money, and so on.

1-6 are all forms of abuse. of course there are many more forms for that matter.