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It is as unquestionably the province of the North to labor in this cause, as it is the duty of the church to convert the world.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “It is as unquestionably the province of the North to labor in this cause, as it is the duty of the church to convert the…”
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Grimké emphasizes the responsibility of the North and the church to actively work against slavery.
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Those who view with horror the traffic in slaves by ministers of the gospel, express more freely their pain at its indulgence, than I have ever known.
Sold at auction, either individually, or in lots to suit the purchaser, he may remain with his family, or be separated from them for ever.
I was among those who thought (and honestly too) that there was no more moral guilt attached to the holding our fellow beings in bondage, regarding them as property, than to the holding of a mule or an ox.
The fact is, the South is enraged, because we have exposed her horrible hypocrisy to the world.