Angelina Emily Grimké: “He is now lecturing to Britons on American Slavery, to the subjects of…”

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He is now lecturing to Britons on American Slavery, to the subjects of a King, on the abject condition of the slaves of a Republic.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké highlights the efforts of an advocate speaking to British audiences about American slavery.

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They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.

There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.

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

I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.

Angelina Emily Grimké: “He is now lecturing to Britons on American Slavery, to the subjects of a King, on the abject condition of the slaves of…”