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Angelina Emily Grimké: Their own honest earnings and the legacies of friends belong in point of law to their masters.

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Their own honest earnings and the legacies of friends belong in point of law to their masters.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké notes that any earnings or inheritances of slaves legally belong to their masters, denying them personal wealth.

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