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The giant of slavery who had so proudly defied the armies of the living God, had received his death-blow before he left our shores.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “The giant of slavery who had so proudly defied the armies of the living God, had received his death-blow before he left…”
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Grimké proclaims the impending defeat of slavery, asserting it has already been dealt a significant blow.
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They are decidedly more prosperous than any of those in which the apprenticeship system was adopted, and England is now trying to abolish that system, so fully convinced is she that immediate Emancipation is the safest and the best plan.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
Perhaps you have feared the consequences of immediate Emancipation, and been frightened by all those dreadful prophecies of rebellion, bloodshed and murder, which have been uttered.
They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.