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Angelina Emily Grimké: The foregoing are but a few of the facts and testimonies in the possession of Abolitionists, showing that their…

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The foregoing are but a few of the facts and testimonies in the possession of Abolitionists, showing that their discussions, periodicals, petitions, arguments, appeals and societies, have extensively moved, and are still mightily moving the slaveholding States--for good.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké asserts that the efforts of abolitionists have significantly influenced the attitudes in slaveholding states.

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