Why should I not free the slaves? I would free them all if I could. Slavery is abhorrent. I truly do hope that Dorian succeeds but if a plea is made to me in the meantime and I can see a way then I will do all I can to fulfill it.
As I said to Bull above, if they wish to remain in the cities then as long as they are paid a fair and decent wage, they are given equal opportunity to find a home in a good nieghbourhood and feed and clothe themselves and their families adequately, given equal opportunities to any jobs for which they are qualified or can be trained to carry out, are not persecuted by the shemlen and/or relegated to slums or alienages and not treated as second class citizens simply because they are elves and/or lack magic, then I shall be happy. I see many humans talk about how terrible the alienages are but I see very little in the way of action to change that. Talk, as they say here, is cheap.
Simply because they are human. An accent can be changed but a pair of pointed ears can never be altered. And a human will always have more of an opportunity to find someone to take them in or train them than a knife-ear. Humans, no matter where they are from, will always possess a privilege that elves can never have.