Archibald Henry Grimké: “That this was actually done is the best of all proofs of the moral depravity of the nation which slavery had wrought.”

Perhaps the common people would hearken to what the wise and powerful had rejected.

For myself, I had rather rob any bank to an indefinite amount than kidnap a fellow-being, or hold him in bondage; the sin would be less injurious to society, and less sinful in the sight of God.

Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.

Whenever there is a contest between the oppressed and the oppressor, the weapons being equal between the parties, God knows that my heart must be with the oppressed, and always against the oppressor.