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Or may we not fairly conclude, that he or she that is not for the slave, in deed and in truth, is against him, no matter how specious their professions of pity for his condition?
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “Or may we not fairly conclude, that he or she that is not for the slave, in deed and in truth, is against him, no matter…”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké questions the sincerity of those who profess pity for slaves but do not actively support abolition, suggesting a binary stance.
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There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
They are decidedly more prosperous than any of those in which the apprenticeship system was adopted, and England is now trying to abolish that system, so fully convinced is she that immediate Emancipation is the safest and the best plan.
I have endeavoured to set before you the exceeding sinfulness of slavery, and to point you to the example of those noble women who have been raised up in the church to effect great revolutions, and to suffer for the truth's sake.
What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.