But their hard lot as men would improve, their worth as citizens, their social and industrial value to their community, state and country would rise correspondingly in the scale of being and character, with the increased freedom, self-respect and security which in consequence would come to them as a race.
Grimké asserts that improved political rights would enhance the overall condition of African Americans.
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