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Angelina Emily Grimké: Yes, my friends, thousands who are helping you to bind the fetters of slavery on the negro, despise you in their hearts…

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Yes, my friends, thousands who are helping you to bind the fetters of slavery on the negro, despise you in their hearts for doing it; they rejoice that such an institution has not been entailed upon, them.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké highlights the hypocrisy of those who contribute to slavery while secretly despising it.

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