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Angelina Emily Grimké: Are these the only motives presented to the daughters of America, for laboring in the glorious cause of Human Rights?

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Are these the only motives presented to the daughters of America, for laboring in the glorious cause of Human Rights?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké questions the motivations presented to women for engaging in the fight for human rights.

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