Archibald Henry Grimké: “Just about as much unpaid and involuntary labor could be got out of…”

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Just about as much unpaid and involuntary labor could be got out of the first as out of the last.

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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké draws a parallel between the labor extracted from slaves and serfs, highlighting systemic exploitation.

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Archibald Henry Grimké: “Just about as much unpaid and involuntary labor could be got out of the first as out of the last.”