Or perhaps like Pilate, thinking they could prevail nothing, and fearing a tumult, they determined to release Barabbas and surrender the just man, the poor innocent slave to be stripped of his rights and scourged.
Grimké draws a parallel between historical figures and contemporary attitudes towards slavery, emphasizing moral failure.
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Surely you believe that his aim is not shortened that he cannot save.
How long she will stand by like the persecutor Saul, consenting unto the death of Stephen, and keeping the raiment of them that slew him.
O! the deep, DEEP injury which such unfaithful ministers have inflicted on the South!
The whole power of the laws is exerted to keep slaves in a state of the lowest ignorance.