My Bondage and My Freedom, Part 33 summary

What happens

1. The speaker contrasts American condemnation of overseas slave trading with acceptance of the profitable trade between states.
2. He describes an armed trader driving exhausted captives toward New Orleans, whipping a mother, and selling people apart at auction.
3. He recalls Baltimore slave ships, Austin Woldfolk’s agents, and chained people passing his childhood home at night.
4. His mistress shares his distress, while his address insists that trading and family separation remain active.
5. He argues that the Fugitive Slave Law extends slave hunting nationwide and forces citizens to assist.
6. He condemns unequal judicial payments and one-sided hearings, then challenges anyone present to dispute his claims.

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