ABSTRACT
Attention is awakened, discussion is elicited, the press and the pulpit are speaking, and the time has gone by, when the subject of slavery and its remedy can avoid the light, or escape the scrutiny of strict and general examination. The community will not and cannot be lulled to sleep much longer with cries of ‘hush,’ hush,’ ‘careful,’ ‘careful.’ To begin where the influence of slavery is least felt, and there are fewest obstacles to success. This chapter begins with Northern ministers and Northern men, and among these, with those who are not committed on the side of slavery, but whose minds are most open to conviction. It addresses the ministers of the gospel, good men, the community generally, and the brokenhearted mothers and deserted wives.
