I shall never forget my feelings when the subject was first hit upon in the Evangelist.
Angelina Emily Grimké: “I shall never forget my feelings when the subject was first hit upon in the Evangelist.”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké recounts her emotional reaction to discussions of slavery in a publication.
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