Yes, my friends, thousands who are helping you to bind the fetters of slavery on the negro, despise you in their hearts for doing it; they rejoice that such an institution has not been entailed upon, them.
Grimké highlights the hypocrisy of those who contribute to slavery while secretly despising it.
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He is telling them of the munificent rewards offered by slaveholders, for the heads of the most distinguished advocates for freedom in this country.
I can prove the safety of immediate Emancipation by history.