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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Slavery must be attacked with the whole power of truth and the sword of the spirit.”

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Slavery must be attacked with the whole power of truth and the sword of the spirit.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké asserts that the fight against slavery must be rooted in truth and spiritual conviction.

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