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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Are there no Huldahs there who will dare to speak the truth concerning the sins of the people and those judgments, which…”

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Are there no Huldahs there who will dare to speak the truth concerning the sins of the people and those judgments, which it requires no prophet's eye to see, must follow if repentance is not speedily sought?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké calls for courageous women to speak out against societal sins and injustices.

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