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All the same these people, poor and ignorant and at the mercy of a ruthless employer class, were happy as children in the delight of their newfound freedom.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “All the same these people, poor and ignorant and at the mercy of a ruthless employer class, were happy as children in…”
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Grimké notes the surprising happiness of freedmen despite their difficult circumstances.
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At any rate they should hear what was resting upon his soul with the weight of a great woe, the force of a supreme command.
Then you had better let all your irons burn than neglect your duty to the slave.
I would not take the word of a Southern Court on this point.
Pray, sir, is it a careful desire to fulfill the Scriptures, or to make money, that induces you to hold your fellow-men in bondage?