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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Dost thou know that, from the beginning to the end, not a word of compassion for him has fallen from thy pen?”

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Dost thou know that, from the beginning to the end, not a word of compassion for him has fallen from thy pen?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké criticizes the lack of compassion in Beecher's writing about slavery.

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