To my apprehension, the subject of slavery involves interests of greater moment to our welfare as a republic, and demands a more prudent and minute investigation than any other which has come before the American people since the Revolutionary struggle--than all others which now occupy their attention.
Grimké emphasizes the critical importance of addressing the issue of slavery for the future of the republic.
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No body of men on the face of the earth deserve their charities, and prayers, and united assistance so much as the slaves of this country; and yet they are almost entirely neglected.
The South does not regard the Negro laborer then as undesirable but quite the contrary--only it wants to retain possession of it on its own terms, not on those advantageous to that labor.
Love was in their mouths and love was in their hearts.
I cannot conceive why a black man may not as reasonably object to my color, as I to his.