Angelina Emily Grimké: “If I supposed that our labors in the cause of the slave would produce…”

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If I supposed that our labors in the cause of the slave would produce no better results than those of these worthies, I should utterly despair.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké reflects on the potential despair she would feel if she believed their efforts would yield no better results than past abolitionists.

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