Archibald Henry Grimké: “A flaming spirit will presently appear in the midst of that meeting, and it will not be the flaming spirit of liberty…”

Is it any wonder that crime emerges out of such cruel and unequal conditions?

Whenever there is a contest between the oppressed and the oppressor, the weapons being equal between the parties, God knows that my heart must be with the oppressed, and always against the oppressor.

He could not hold his peace; his message he was compelled to deliver in the ears of the nation whether its leaders would hear or forbear.

All these requisites were wanting to the man whose sole possession seemed an indomitable will, a faith in himself, and in the righteousness of his cause, which nothing could shake, nor disappointment nor difficulty, however great, was able…