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Angelina Emily Grimké: Colonization, then a favorite measure, is now rejected for instant emancipation.

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Colonization, then a favorite measure, is now rejected for instant emancipation.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké observes that the idea of colonization has been replaced by the call for immediate emancipation.

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