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Think how this doctrine robs the nursery maid of her responsibility, and shields the master from reproof; for it may be that she alone has seen him ill-treat his wife.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké critiques a doctrine that diminishes the responsibility of a nursery maid to speak out against her employer's wrongs.
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