All 4 Uses of
refuge
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- He was well aware how much I prized my refuge by the side of my old aunt, and he determined to dispossess me of it.†
Chpt 6 *
- I have mentioned my great-aunt, who was a slave in Dr. Flint's family, and who had been my refuge during the shameful persecutions I suffered from him.†
Chpt 28
- Oppressed Poles and Hungarians could find a safe refuge in that city; John Mitchell was free to proclaim in the City Hall his desire for "a plantation well stocked with slaves;" but there I sat, an oppressed American, not daring to show my face.†
Chpt 41
- This Empire State is a shabby place of refuge for the oppressed; but here, through anxiety, turmoil, and despair, the freedom of Linda and her children was finally secured, by the exertions of a generous friend.†
Chpt Appe
Definition:
something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place