Instead of Jehovah being her king, her lawgiver, and her judge, she has been taken out of the exalted scale of existence in which He placed her, and subjected to the despotic control of man.
Grimké argues that women have been unjustly subjected to male authority, contrary to their divine status.
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There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
They are decidedly more prosperous than any of those in which the apprenticeship system was adopted, and England is now trying to abolish that system, so fully convinced is she that immediate Emancipation is the safest and the best plan.
They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.
What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.