It is manifest to every reflecting mind, that slavery must be abolished; the era in which we live, and the light which is overspreading the whole world on this subject, clearly show that the time cannot be distant when it will be done.
Grimké argues that the abolition of slavery is inevitable given the moral and societal changes occurring globally.
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I have attempted to vindicate the Abolitionists, to prove the entire safety of immediate Emancipation, and to plead the cause of the poor and oppressed.
What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.
And why not try it in the Southern States, if it never has occasioned rebellion; if not a drop of blood has ever been shed in consequence of it, though it has been so often tried, why should we suppose it would produce such disastrous…
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.