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Then the South wondered we did not interfere with slavery--and now she says we have no right to interfere.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “Then the South wondered we did not interfere with slavery--and now she says we have no right to interfere.”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké points out the inconsistency in the South's stance on interference with slavery over time.
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The hopes of the world depend, under God, upon the success of your cause.
What kind of religion did the North prepare them to preach?
The whole power of the laws is exerted to keep slaves in a state of the lowest ignorance.
Consequences, my friends, belong no more to you, than they did to these apostles.