We are striving to purify public opinion, first, because as long as the North is so much involved in the guilt of slavery, by its political, commercial, religious, and social connexion with the South, her own citizens need to be converted.
Grimké emphasizes the need for Northern citizens to convert due to their complicity in slavery.
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