Angelina Emily Grimké: “The great fundamental principle of Abolitionists is, that man cannot rightfully hold his fellow man as property.”

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.

So far from thinking slavery a sin, or that I had no right to own the slaves inherited from my father, I thought no one could venture to dispute that right, any more than he could my right to his land or his stock.

Surely you believe that his aim is not shortened that he cannot save.

My hope is, that men who denounce now, will at length reason.