Angelina Emily Grimké: “Have you believed these reports, my friends? have you also been deceived by these false assertions?”

Perhaps you have feared the consequences of immediate Emancipation, and been frightened by all those dreadful prophecies of rebellion, bloodshed and murder, which have been uttered.

He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.

What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.

There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.