Yes, the spirit of prayer and of supplication has been poured out upon many, many hearts; there are wrestling Jacobs who will not let go of the prophetic promises of deliverance for the captive, and the opening of prison doors to them that are bound.
Grimké speaks of the fervent prayers of those seeking liberation for the oppressed.
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There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.
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.