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It is therefore perfectly safe to postulate that the greatest circumstance in the life of the Negro before emancipation was the institution of slavery.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “It is therefore perfectly safe to postulate that the greatest circumstance in the life of the Negro before emancipation…”
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Grimké identifies slavery as a pivotal circumstance that shaped the lives of African Americans before emancipation.
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