Angelina Emily Grimké: “Where, then, I would ask, is the warrant, the justification, or the…”

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Where, then, I would ask, is the warrant, the justification, or the palliation of American Slavery from Hebrew servitude?

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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She questions the justification of American slavery in light of biblical servitude, seeking to highlight its moral failings.

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