On the record
My heart beats, and my hand trembles, as I write the awful affirmative, Yes!
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “My heart beats, and my hand trembles, as I write the awful affirmative, Yes!”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké expresses her emotional turmoil in affirming that fathers do sell their daughters into slavery.
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