On the record
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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The fact is, we need no excuse for not going to the South, so long as the North is as deeply involved in the guilt of slavery as she is, and as blind to her duty.
Thy remarks on the subject of prejudice, show but too plainly how strongly thy own mind is imbued with it, and how little thy colonization principles have done to exterminate this feeling from thy own bosom.
What dost thou mean by saying, her rights are the gifts of honor, rectitude and love?
What kind of religion did the North prepare them to preach?