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A southern Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the session of the New York Annual Conference, in June of 1836, said: ‘Don’t give up Abolitionism--don’t bow down to slavery.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “A southern Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the session of the New York Annual Conference, in June of…”
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A southern minister encourages perseverance in the abolitionist movement, emphasizing the importance of not yielding to slavery.
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