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Perhaps you have feared the consequences of immediate Emancipation, and been frightened by all those dreadful prophecies of rebellion, bloodshed and murder, which have been uttered.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké addresses fears surrounding immediate emancipation and the myths of violence associated with it.
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Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.
There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.