On the record
Such is the deplorable situation of the Negro in the South at the close of the first fifty years of his freedom.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “Such is the deplorable situation of the Negro in the South at the close of the first fifty years of his freedom.”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké reflects on the ongoing struggles faced by African Americans in the South after the Civil War.
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When he had ceased speaking I said to those around me: 'That is a providential man; he is a prophet; he will shake our nation to its center, but he will shake slavery out of it.
I was too proud to beg, and ashamed to borrow.
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