Let this wildfire of a servile insurrection break out in but one place in a state; nay, in but ten places, or in five places in all the fifteen states; and then, in all their length and breadth, there will be no more quiet sleep.
Mann foresees that any outbreak of rebellion will disrupt the peace across the states.
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Slavery is an unspeakable wrong to the conscience.
The aged and the infant she left for the vultures; but the strong men and the strong women she drove, scourged and bleeding, to the shore.
They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
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