In publishing such accounts, the anti-slavery man addresses the slaveholder, not the slave; he stimulates the former to greater watchfulness, and adds to his facilities for capturing his slave.
From his autobiography, Douglass explains how publicizing escape routes inadvertently aids slaveholders by making them more vigilant and effective at recapture.
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