A family of slaves in Arkansas Territory, another in Tennessee, and a third, consisting of 88, in Virginia, were successively emancipated through the influence of one abolition periodical.
Grimké provides evidence of families being emancipated due to the influence of abolitionist literature.
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What kind of religion did the North prepare them to preach?
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