There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity.
Angelina Emily Grimké: “There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and…”
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Grimké highlights the innate human response to truth when presented with dignity.
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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.
I have attempted to vindicate the Abolitionists, to prove the entire safety of immediate Emancipation, and to plead the cause of the poor and oppressed.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.