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Angelina Emily Grimké: “But again, the servitude which the apostle was accustomed to, must have been very different from American slavery, for…”

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But again, the servitude which the apostle was accustomed to, must have been very different from American slavery, for he says, "the heir (or son), as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké highlights the differences between biblical servitude and American slavery, emphasizing the latter's inhumanity.

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