We believe that we have most to fear from the organised action upon the consciences and fears of the slaveholders themselves; from the insinuations of their dangerous heresies into our schools, our pulpits, and our domestic circles.
Grimké warns that the greatest threat to slavery comes from the moral awakening of slaveholders rather than from slave insurrections.
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The great fundamental principle of Abolitionists is, that man cannot rightfully hold his fellow man as property.
Slavery must be attacked with the whole power of truth and the sword of the spirit.
The laws greatly obstruct the manumission of slaves, even where the master is willing to enfranchise them.
I have become a convert to political, and I trust, also, to Christian Freedom.