To all of you then, known or unknown, relatives or strangers, (for you are all one in Christ,) I would speak.
Angelina Emily Grimké: “To all of you then, known or unknown, relatives or strangers, (for you are all one in Christ,) I would speak.”
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Grimké addresses all Christian women, known or unknown, emphasizing their equality in Christ and her desire to speak to them.
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