“To his master thou shalt not return him,”33. See Deuteronomy, 23:15, 16.
But give him a home near thy own if he likes,
And be sure not to vex or oppress him.
When parents or children or brethren you meet,
In our happy New England and free,
Then remember the slave, the heart broken slave,
For thy brother, thy brother is he.
Remember him also when prayer for thyself,
In affliction’s dark hour doth ascend;
And when crying to God the father of all,