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Moses was in the sight of Pharaoh as much an object of scorn, as Garrison now is to the tyrants of America.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgMoses was in the sight of Pharaoh as much an object of scorn, as Garrison now is to the tyrants of America.
Grimké draws a parallel between Moses's scorn and the treatment of abolitionists like Garrison.
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