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They were not willing to be governed by laws which they had no voice in making; but this is the way in which women are governed in this Republic.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Editor's note · Context
Grimké highlights the hypocrisy of governing women without their consent, similar to the colonial experience.
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They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.
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.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.
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