Have not women stood up in all the dignity and strength of moral courage to be the leaders of the people, and to bear a faithful testimony for the truth whenever the providence of God has called them to do so?
Grimké calls upon women to recognize their historical role as leaders and advocates for truth.
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Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.
There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.