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Intermarriage of Northern men and women with Southern men and women helps tremendously the propagation of the Southern view and solution of the race problem.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “Intermarriage of Northern men and women with Southern men and women helps tremendously the propagation of the Southern…”
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He discusses how intermarriage between Northern and Southern individuals reinforces Southern racial attitudes.
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