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The laws of Moses protected servants in their rights as men and women, guarded them from oppression and defended them from wrong.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgThe laws of Moses protected servants in their rights as men and women, guarded them from oppression and defended them from wrong.
Grimké highlights the protective nature of Mosaic laws towards servants, contrasting them with contemporary practices.
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There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
I have attempted to vindicate the Abolitionists, to prove the entire safety of immediate Emancipation, and to plead the cause of the poor and oppressed.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.