In the wide domain even of our free states, there is not one city of refuge for the poor runaway fugitive; not one spot upon which he can stand and say, I am a free man--I am protected in my rights as a man, by the strong arm of the law; no! not one.
Grimké laments the absence of legal protection for runaway slaves in free states, emphasizing their vulnerability.
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What dost thou mean by saying, her rights are the gifts of honor, rectitude and love?
The fact is, we need no excuse for not going to the South, so long as the North is as deeply involved in the guilt of slavery as she is, and as blind to her duty.
The more the subject of slavery is agitated, the better.
Send us facts--send us kind remonstrance and manly reasoning.