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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Yes, sir, I was a fanatic, and an incendiary too--setting on fire the worst passions of our fallen nature.”

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Yes, sir, I was a fanatic, and an incendiary too--setting on fire the worst passions of our fallen nature.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké acknowledges her radical views on slavery and their emotional impact.

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