With regard to the discussion of ‘the subject of slavery, in the legislative halls of the South,’ if thou hast read these debates, thou certainly must know that they did not touch on the SIN of slavery at all; they were wholly confined to ‘the dangers, evils and mischiefs of slavery’ to the unfortunate slaveholder.
Grimké critiques the legislative debates in the South for failing to address the moral sin of slavery, focusing instead on the concerns of slaveholders.
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