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Strange indeed, when the labors of these men are actually rolling back the car of Emancipation for one or two centuries!
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgStrange indeed, when the labors of these men are actually rolling back the car of Emancipation for one or two centuries!
Grimké criticizes the South for hindering progress towards emancipation.
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