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The fact is, we need no excuse for not going to the South, so long as the North is as deeply involved in the guilt of slavery as she is, and as blind to her duty.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “The fact is, we need no excuse for not going to the South, so long as the North is as deeply involved in the guilt of…”
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Grimké emphasizes that the North shares the guilt of slavery and must acknowledge its responsibilities before addressing the South.
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I was among those who thought (and honestly too) that there was no more moral guilt attached to the holding our fellow beings in bondage, regarding them as property, than to the holding of a mule or an ox.
Now the Bible is my ultimate appeal in all matters of faith and practice, and it is to this test I am anxious to bring the subject at issue between us.
The women of the South can overthrow this horrible system of oppression and cruelty, licentiousness and wrong.
I shall never forget my feelings when the subject was first hit upon in the Evangelist.