I have thought a great deal on the condition of the negroes in our country, of late.

I would like to see every man and woman that God has made, free, could it be accomplished to their advantage.

I see the evils of slavery, it is sometimes a curse on the master as well as the slave.
"When I purchased Sarah; when I saw those grieving, throbbing souls, my own was overwhelmed with sympathy for them.

This is slavery, I said to myself.

Poor creatures, though you have done wrong, how severe your punishment; to be separated from all that your life has had to make it pleasant, or even tolerable.