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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Prejudice against color, is the most powerful enemy we have to fight with at the North.”

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Prejudice against color, is the most powerful enemy we have to fight with at the North.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké identifies racial prejudice as a significant challenge in the Northern states as well.

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