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Angelina Emily Grimké: “There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.”

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There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké contrasts the dangers of continued slavery with the safety of immediate emancipation.

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