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38ff5e4 | Deeds of heroism are wrought here more than those of romance, when, defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily threads his way back to the terrors and perils of that dark land, that he may bring out his sister, or mother, or wife. | heroism slavery risk love fugitive-slave | Harriet Beecher Stowe |