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But why hold slavedealers as despicable, if their trade is lawful and virtuous? and why despise them more than the gentlemen of fortune and standing who employ them as their agents?
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “But why hold slavedealers as despicable, if their trade is lawful and virtuous? and why despise them more than the…”
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Grimké questions the moral standing of those who condemn slave dealers while benefiting from their trade.
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