Angelina Emily Grimké: “I think the abolitionists have done, and are doing a great deal of…”

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I think the abolitionists have done, and are doing a great deal of good, by holding slavery up to the public gaze.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké praises the abolitionists for their efforts to expose the realities of slavery to the public.

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Angelina Emily Grimké: “I think the abolitionists have done, and are doing a great deal of good, by holding slavery up to the public gaze.”