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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.”

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Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké argues that emancipation will not lead to violence, contrary to popular belief.

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