Legislatures and administrative officers would begin to make some response to their claim for social justice and political rights, and the courts would begin also to lend a more attentive ear to their rights of person and property.
Grimké envisions a future where African American claims for justice are acknowledged by legislatures and courts.
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Then you had better let all your irons burn than neglect your duty to the slave.
I have always supposed that its spirit was directly opposed to everything in the shape of fraud and oppression.
It is true examples of disinterested benevolence and individual sacrifices are numerous, particularly in the Southern States; but no systematic, vigorous, and successful measures have been made to overthrow this fabric of oppression.
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