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I am well aware that prophecy has often been urged as an excuse for Slavery, but be not deceived, the fulfilment of prophecy will not cover one sin in the awful day of account.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “I am well aware that prophecy has often been urged as an excuse for Slavery, but be not deceived, the fulfilment of…”
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Grimké argues that no prophetic justification can absolve the sin of slavery in the eyes of God.
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There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
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.
He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.