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Angelina Emily Grimké: We have seen that the code of laws framed by Moses with regard to servants was designed to protect them as men and…

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We have seen that the code of laws framed by Moses with regard to servants was designed to protect them as men and women, to secure to them their rights as human beings, to guard them from oppression and defend them from violence of every kind.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké highlights that biblical laws were intended to protect the rights of servants as human beings.

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