Thou further sayest, that ‘it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar.’ Does the Bible teach this? ‘Peace on earth, and good will to men, is the character of all the rights and privileges, the influence and the power of woman.’ Indeed!
Grimké questions the interpretation of biblical texts that suggest women should have a different role in society than men.
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I was among those who thought (and honestly too) that there was no more moral guilt attached to the holding our fellow beings in bondage, regarding them as property, than to the holding of a mule or an ox.
So far from thinking slavery a sin, or that I had no right to own the slaves inherited from my father, I thought no one could venture to dispute that right, any more than he could my right to his land or his stock.
How long she will stand by like the persecutor Saul, consenting unto the death of Stephen, and keeping the raiment of them that slew him.
The laws greatly obstruct the manumission of slaves, even where the master is willing to enfranchise them.