Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them," Let every slaveholder apply these queries to his own heart; Am I willing to be a slave--Am I willing to see my wife the slave of another--Am I willing to see my mother a slave, or my father, my sister or my brother?
Grimké invokes the Golden Rule to challenge slaveholders to empathize with the plight of slaves.
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What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.