It was only whilst the slaveholder was regarded as an unfortunate sufferer, and sympathized with as such, that he was willing to talk, and be talked to, on this ‘delicate subject.’ Hence we find, that as soon as he is addressed as a guilty oppressor, why then he is in a phrenzy of passion.
Grimké explains that slaveholders are only willing to discuss slavery when they are viewed as victims rather than oppressors.
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