On the record
Who does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and ‘annihilate the mind of this portion of our race,’ we have never yet been able to do it?
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgWho does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and ‘annihilate the mind of this portion of our race,’ we have never yet been able to do it?
Grimké highlights the failure of societal efforts to suppress the intellect of Black individuals.
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