The manner in which they are thrust into one corner of our meeting-houses, as if the plague-spot was on their skins; the rudeness and cruelty with which they are treated in our hotels, and steamboats, rail road cars and stages, is no just cause of reproach to a professed christian community, I presume.
Grimké describes the dehumanizing treatment of Black individuals in public spaces, highlighting societal prejudice.
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