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If every slave has a right to freedom, then surely the man who withholds that right from him to-day is a man-stealer, though he may not be the first person who has robbed him of it.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “If every slave has a right to freedom, then surely the man who withholds that right from him to-day is a man-stealer…”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké asserts that anyone who denies a slave their right to freedom is committing an act of theft, regardless of their role in the system.
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