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Whether the South will be saved by Anti-Slavery efforts, is not a question for us to settle--and in some of our hearts, the hope of its salvation has utterly gone out.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “Whether the South will be saved by Anti-Slavery efforts, is not a question for us to settle--and in some of our hearts…”
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Grimké expresses doubt about the South's salvation through anti-slavery efforts, reflecting a sense of despair.
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Then the South wondered we did not interfere with slavery--and now she says we have no right to interfere.
The laws greatly obstruct the manumission of slaves, even where the master is willing to enfranchise them.
So far from thinking slavery a sin, or that I had no right to own the slaves inherited from my father, I thought no one could venture to dispute that right, any more than he could my right to his land or his stock.
What more do we need to show us the bloody hands and iron heart of Slavery?