Angelina Emily Grimké: “I shall never forget my feelings when the subject was first hit upon…”

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I shall never forget my feelings when the subject was first hit upon in the Evangelist.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké recounts her emotional reaction to discussions of slavery in a publication.

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Angelina Emily Grimké: “I shall never forget my feelings when the subject was first hit upon in the Evangelist.”