I say that more, far more Anti-Slavery tracts, &c. are now read in the South, than ever were at any former period.
Angelina Emily Grimké: “I say that more, far more Anti-Slavery tracts, &c. are now read in the South, than ever were at any former period.”
Editor's note · Context
She asserts that there is now a greater readership of anti-slavery tracts in the South than ever before, indicating progress.
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