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I am invited to occupy a broader field, and to engage in a higher enterprise; that field embraces the whole country--that enterprise is in behalf of the slave population.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “I am invited to occupy a broader field, and to engage in a higher enterprise; that field embraces the whole…”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké expresses his commitment to a broader mission for the emancipation of slaves across the country.
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