On the record
If anti-slavery meetings made converts by tens, anti-slavery mobs made them by hundreds.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgIf anti-slavery meetings made converts by tens, anti-slavery mobs made them by hundreds.
Grimké observed that while anti-slavery meetings converted individuals slowly, violent mobs rapidly increased support for the cause.
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