Archibald Henry Grimké: “But he was an object of suspicion, and that was enough to justify the act of his murderers.”

I would not take the word of a Southern Court on this point.

At any rate they should hear what was resting upon his soul with the weight of a great woe, the force of a supreme command.

The South does not regard the Negro laborer then as undesirable but quite the contrary--only it wants to retain possession of it on its own terms, not on those advantageous to that labor.

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.