If you think slavery is sinful, all you have to do is to set your slaves at liberty, do all you can to protect them, and in humble faith and fervent prayer, commend them to your common Father.
Grimké encourages those who believe slavery is sinful to take action and liberate their slaves.
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He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.
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I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.