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In other words--to begin to hold a slave is man-stealing--to keep on holding him is merely a repetition of the first act--a doing the same identical thing all the time.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké argues that holding a slave is equivalent to committing an act of theft against their humanity.
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