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Angelina Emily Grimké: The American Union is doing nothing; and Abolitionists are pursuing a course which ‘will tend to bring slavery to an…

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The American Union is doing nothing; and Abolitionists are pursuing a course which ‘will tend to bring slavery to an end, if at all, at the most distant period,’--then do tell me, how the tendencies of the age can possibly lean towards Emancipation!
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of current abolitionist strategies in achieving emancipation.

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