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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Why then, I ask, did they give their votes to enlarge the mouth of that grave which has already destroyed its tens of…”

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Why then, I ask, did they give their votes to enlarge the mouth of that grave which has already destroyed its tens of thousands?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké questions the motives behind political decisions that seem to support slavery's expansion despite public opposition.

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