The slave may be punished at his master's discretion--without trial--without any means of legal redress; whether his offence be real or imaginary; and the master can transfer the same despotic power to any person or persons, he may choose to appoint.
Grimké discusses the arbitrary power masters have to punish slaves without legal recourse or trial.
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I have become a convert to political, and I trust, also, to Christian Freedom.
The whole power of the laws is exerted to keep slaves in a state of the lowest ignorance.
My hope is, that men who denounce now, will at length reason.
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.