It is not for a single generation alone, numbering three millions—sublime as would be that effort—that we are working. It is for humanity, the wide world over, not only now, but for all coming time, and all future generations:—
This line in the narrative displays concern not only for the current generation of the time, but also maintaining freedom for those subjected to slavery.
Reader, are you an Abolitionist? What have you done for the slave?
This moment in the narrative, addresses the readers, holding them accountable to their thoughts of the subject of slavery. Addressing the audience not only keeps the reader engulfed in his narrative, but also think what they in fact are doing to support the abolishment movement.
I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was hungry, and you fed me. Naked was I, and you clothed me. Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me. You bestowed upon me your own.
This statement at the beginning of the narrative displays how William was taken in and seen as a person and not an object of possession. He portrays gratitude towards the white man who not only provided him with the means of being seen, but also a name, as many were robbed of during the time of slavery.