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If, then, the slaves have been robbed of their liberty, who has robbed them?
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgIf, then, the slaves have been robbed of their liberty, who has robbed them?
Grimké challenges the notion of who is responsible for the enslavement of individuals.
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I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.
He is moving the British Churches to send out to the churches of America the most solemn appeals, reproving, rebuking, and exhorting them with all long suffering and patience to abandon the sin of slavery immediately.
He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.
There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.