Archibald Henry Grimké: “I would not take the word of a Southern Court on this point.”

With unerring moral instinct he had from the start placed his reliance "on nothing but the eternal principles of justice for the speedy overthrow of slavery.

Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.

To such an unconquerable will, to such an invincible faith obstacles vanish; the impossible becomes the attainable.

For myself, I had rather rob any bank to an indefinite amount than kidnap a fellow-being, or hold him in bondage; the sin would be less injurious to society, and less sinful in the sight of God.