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Why, the South ought to pour out her treasure, to support Anti-Slavery agents, and print Anti-Slavery papers and pamphlets, and do all she can to aid us in rolling back Emancipation.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké argues that the South should support anti-slavery efforts instead of opposing them.
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