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Angelina Emily Grimké: “If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.”

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If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké declares her intention to resist sinful laws while accepting the consequences of suffering.

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