The few slave insurrections or attempted slave insurrections were exceptions to the general tenor of their peaceable disposition and conduct, to the uniform and singular absence of ill-will, of a spirit of revenge in them as a race.
Grimké discusses the rarity of slave insurrections, emphasizing their generally peaceful nature.
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Our garb should be sack-cloth--our heads bowed in the dust--our supplications for the pardon and assistance of Heaven.
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