My exposure of slavery abroad will tell more upon the hearts and consciences of slaveholders, than if I was attacking them in America; for almost every paper that I now receive from the United States, comes teeming with statements about this fugitive Negro, calling him a "glib-tongued scoundrel," and saying that he is running out against the institutions and people of America.

I deny the charge that I am saying a word against the institutions of America,{327} or the people, as such.

What I have to say is against slavery and slaveholders.

I feel at liberty to speak on this subject.
I have on my back the marks of the lash; I have four sisters and one brother now under the galling chain.

I feel it my duty to cry aloud and spare not.