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Angelina Emily Grimké: “I consider it absolutely indispensable, that this truth should be sedulously instilled into the mind of every child in…”

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I consider it absolutely indispensable, that this truth should be sedulously instilled into the mind of every child in our republic.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké insists that instilling the truth of equality in children is crucial for the republic's future.

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