On the record
Yea, I say more, no woman who lives up to the true glory of her womanhood, will ever be treated with such practical contempt.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgYea, I say more, no woman who lives up to the true glory of her womanhood, will ever be treated with such practical contempt.
Grimké emphasizes the dignity of womanhood and the importance of being treated with respect.
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Then the South wondered we did not interfere with slavery--and now she says we have no right to interfere.
So far from thinking slavery a sin, or that I had no right to own the slaves inherited from my father, I thought no one could venture to dispute that right, any more than he could my right to his land or his stock.
A slaveholding religion--and multitudes of them became slaveholders.
O! the deep, DEEP injury which such unfaithful ministers have inflicted on the South!