The only difference I can see between the original man-stealer, who caught the African in his native country, and the American slaveholder, is, that the former committed one act of robbery, while the other perpetrates the same crime continually.
Grimké compares the actions of slaveholders to those of original man-stealers, highlighting a continuous crime.
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