I consider it absolutely indispensable, that this truth should be sedulously instilled into the mind of every child in our republic.
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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Grimké insists that instilling the truth of equality in children is crucial for the republic's future.
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I have endeavoured to set before you the exceeding sinfulness of slavery, and to point you to the example of those noble women who have been raised up in the church to effect great revolutions, and to suffer for the truth's sake.
They are decidedly more prosperous than any of those in which the apprenticeship system was adopted, and England is now trying to abolish that system, so fully convinced is she that immediate Emancipation is the safest and the best plan.
He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.
There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.