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It is truly surprising to find a professing christian excusing the unprincipled opposition exhibited in New Haven, to the erection of a College for young men of color.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké expresses her disbelief at a Christian justifying opposition to a college for young men of color.
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