Angelina Emily Grimké: “And what, I would ask in conclusion, have women done for the great and glorious cause of Emancipation?”

There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.

What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.

Perhaps you have feared the consequences of immediate Emancipation, and been frightened by all those dreadful prophecies of rebellion, bloodshed and murder, which have been uttered.

They are decidedly more prosperous than any of those in which the apprenticeship system was adopted, and England is now trying to abolish that system, so fully convinced is she that immediate Emancipation is the safest and the best plan.