Why, that women are to exert their influence in private life, to allay the excitement which exists on this subject, and to quench the flame of sympathy in the hearts of their fathers, husbands, brothers and sons.
Grimké discusses the role of women in mitigating the tensions surrounding slavery within their families.
Share
More from Angelina Emily Grimké
The fact is, the South is enraged, because we have exposed her horrible hypocrisy to the world.
The hopes of the world depend, under God, upon the success of your cause.
She was created, like him, in the image of God, and crowned with glory and honor; created only a little lower than the angels,--not, as is almost universally assumed, a little lower than man; on her brow, as well as on his, was placed the…
The more the subject of slavery is agitated, the better.