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Archibald Henry Grimké: They set in motion instead the forces and passions which have at length wrested the ballot from the Negro.

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They set in motion instead the forces and passions which have at length wrested the ballot from the Negro.
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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké discusses the consequences of the old master class's failures in relation to African American voting rights.

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