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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Why may not abolitionists speak some things to their shame, as the Apostle did to the Corinthians?”

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Why may not abolitionists speak some things to their shame, as the Apostle did to the Corinthians?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké argues that abolitionists should acknowledge their shortcomings, similar to the Apostle's approach to the Corinthians.

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