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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Just as much right as the South has to send up a remonstrance against our free presses, free pens, and free tongues.”

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Just as much right as the South has to send up a remonstrance against our free presses, free pens, and free tongues.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké draws a parallel between the rights of the North and the South in expressing grievances.

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