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Because they fearlessly proclaimed the truth, though that truth was contrary to public opinion, and the authority of Ecclesiastical councils and conventions.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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This statement asserts that the suffering of many could have been avoided had they spoken the truth despite opposition.
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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.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.
I have attempted to vindicate the Abolitionists, to prove the entire safety of immediate Emancipation, and to plead the cause of the poor and oppressed.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.