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Angelina Emily Grimké: “This law was evidently designed to prevent the oppression of the poor, and the possibility of such a thing as perpetual…”

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This law was evidently designed to prevent the oppression of the poor, and the possibility of such a thing as perpetual servitude existing among them.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké highlights the intention behind biblical laws to prevent the oppression of the poor and perpetual servitude.

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