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Her rights lie at the foundation of all her duties; and, so long as the divine commands are binding upon her, so long must her rights continue.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “Her rights lie at the foundation of all her duties; and, so long as the divine commands are binding upon her, so long…”
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Grimké argues that a woman's rights are foundational to her responsibilities and duties.
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Perhaps you have feared the consequences of immediate Emancipation, and been frightened by all those dreadful prophecies of rebellion, bloodshed and murder, which have been uttered.
There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
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.