Grace – the voice of conscience – sets March straight about the issue of slavery on pp. 266 – 269. Write her epistle in your own words.

Grace's volatile reaction to March's actions symbolizes how weak March's attempt truly is. Changing bedpans and washing wounds will never pay back for the lives lost at Oak Landing. For a white man to assume so is adding salt to the wounds of lost black lives: "There are men of my own race more versed in how to fetch and carry than you will ever be. And there are Negro preachers aplenty who know the true language of our souls. A free people must learn to manage its own destiny" (p. 268). With nowhere else to turn, March's only option is to return home with the full regret of his actions weighing on his shoulders.