Angelina Emily Grimké: “Did he come to proclaim liberty to the captive, and the opening of prison doors to them that are bound, in vain?”

They are decidedly more prosperous than any of those in which the apprenticeship system was adopted, and England is now trying to abolish that system, so fully convinced is she that immediate Emancipation is the safest and the best plan.

He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.

Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.

What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.