They want the pure light of heaven to shine into that dark and gloomy cave; they want all men to see how that dead body has been bound, how that face has been wrapped in the napkin of prejudice; and shall they wait beside that grave in vain?
Grimké calls for awareness of the struggles faced by the oppressed and the need for enlightenment.
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I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.
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.
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.