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This behavior of the slaves is the supreme example which American Christianity has yet given of the vital presence of the spirit of its divine founder in its midst.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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Grimké argues that the behavior of slaves exemplifies the spirit of Christianity in America.
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My friends were prodigal of pity, but of nothing else.
Our garb should be sack-cloth--our heads bowed in the dust--our supplications for the pardon and assistance of Heaven.
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Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.