Every true friend of the oppressed American has great cause to rejoice, that the cloak of benevolence has been torn off from the monster Prejudice, which could love the colored man after he got to Africa, but seemed to delight to pour contumely upon him whilst he remained in the land of his birth.
Grimké critiques the hypocrisy of prejudice against African Americans while supporting their well-being abroad.
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