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Angelina Emily Grimké: “I know these publications will displease those who hold their fellow men in bondage: but reason, truth and justice are…”

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I know these publications will displease those who hold their fellow men in bondage: but reason, truth and justice are on your side--and why should you seek the good will of any who do evil?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké argues that truth and justice should guide one's actions, regardless of the opinions of those who support slavery.

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