How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
He started to move off, and then he turned, and to the black face looking up, to the red eyes, he looked down and bowed slightly, touching his cap. "Goodbye, friend. Good luck. God bless you." (3.2.63)
In this little mini-drama within the story, Chamberlain comes to respect the runaway slave, acknowledging him as a human equal. He gives him this touching farewell.
Quote #8
"I have reservations, I will admit. As many a man does. As you well know. This is not a thing to be ashamed of. But the thing is, you cannot judge a race. Any man who judges by the group is a peawit. You take men one at a time, and I've seen a few blacks that earned my respect. A few. Not many, but a few." (3.2.94)
Kilrain doesn't seem like a serious abolitionist or anti-slavery man, but he does think the whole idea of judging an individual by the group he belongs to is nonsense. The real reason Kilrain is fighting is that he wants to end the Southern aristocracy and let people be treated based on their own merits instead of based on who their ancestors were.
Quote #9
"Of course, I didn't know that many. But those I knew… well, you looked in the eye and there was a man. There was the divine spark, as my mother used to say. That was all there was to it… all there is to it." (3.2.94)
Unlike Kilrain, Chamberlain has more of the real anti-slavery spirit. Since Chamberlain's fairly religious, he believes that God created everyone to be equal.