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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Have English women then done so much for the negro, and shall American women do nothing?”

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Have English women then done so much for the negro, and shall American women do nothing?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké challenges American women to take action for the rights of Black individuals, comparing their efforts to those of English women.

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