She was created, like him, in the image of God, and crowned with glory and honor; created only a little lower than the angels,--not, as is almost universally assumed, a little lower than man; on her brow, as well as on his, was placed the ‘diadem of beauty,’ and in her hand the sceptre of universal dominion.
Grimké emphasizes that women were created equal to men in the eyes of God, challenging traditional views of hierarchy.
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I have become a convert to political, and I trust, also, to Christian Freedom.
My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do.
What dost thou mean by saying, her rights are the gifts of honor, rectitude and love?
The operation of the laws tends to deprive slaves of religious instruction and consolation.