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Archibald Henry Grimké: In all this sexual inequality and iniquity the South has eyes but sees not and ears but hears not what is taking place…

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In all this sexual inequality and iniquity the South has eyes but sees not and ears but hears not what is taking place everywhere in its midst.
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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké highlights the blindness of Southern society to the sexual injustices occurring around them.

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