I there pointed out fifteen different ways in which the North was implicated in the guilt of slavery; and, therefore, I deny the charge that abolitionists are endeavoring ‘to convince their fellow citizens of the faults of another community.’ Not at all.
Grimké defends abolitionists by asserting that they are not solely focused on criticizing others but are addressing their own community's complicity in slavery.
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