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Angelina Emily Grimké: When Jehovah commanded Pharaoh to ‘let the people go,’ he meant that they should be immediately emancipated.

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When Jehovah commanded Pharaoh to ‘let the people go,’ he meant that they should be immediately emancipated.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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She interprets the biblical command to Pharaoh as a directive for immediate emancipation.

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