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Archibald Henry Grimké: “Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a…”

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

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He emphasizes the prevalence of double standards in moral and legal judgments in the South.

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