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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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gutenberg.orgUnder it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.
He emphasizes the prevalence of double standards in moral and legal judgments in the South.
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O Freedom! how are ye still born In the rude stable, in the manger nursed; What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the New Day burst.
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