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Angelina Emily Grimké: Hast thou ever asked thyself, what the slave would think of thy book, if he could read it?

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Hast thou ever asked thyself, what the slave would think of thy book, if he could read it?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké challenges the reader to consider the perspective of the enslaved regarding literature on slavery.

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