He told me that the effect upon his mind was so great, that he sat down and wept to think he had allowed himself to be so prejudiced against a person, who was so entirely different from what his enemies had represented him to be.
Grimké recounts a man's emotional realization about his prejudices against Garrison.
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What kind of religion did the North prepare them to preach?
The whole power of the laws is exerted to keep slaves in a state of the lowest ignorance.
The fact is, we need no excuse for not going to the South, so long as the North is as deeply involved in the guilt of slavery as she is, and as blind to her duty.
No station or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.