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And I know a thousand Virginians, who need only to be made acquainted with the true spirit and principles of abolitionists, in order to their becoming converts as we are.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké asserts that many Virginians could be converted to abolitionism if they understood its true principles, emphasizing the need for awareness and education.
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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 were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
I have attempted to vindicate the Abolitionists, to prove the entire safety of immediate Emancipation, and to plead the cause of the poor and oppressed.