Angelina Emily Grimké: “We do so, for the following reasons: to steal a man is to rob him of…”

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We do so, for the following reasons: to steal a man is to rob him of himself.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké explains that stealing a person is equivalent to robbing them of their identity and autonomy.

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