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Category Archive: February 20

Angelina Grimke Quote: “I am a mystery to myself….”

I am a mystery to myself.

August 9, 2021 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “I trust the time is coming…”

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.

August 8, 2021 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “Only let the North exert as…”

Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.

May 24, 2021 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “The denial of our duty to…”

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

November 21, 2020 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “Can you not see that women…”

Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered?

November 5, 2020 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “I appeal to you, my friends…”

I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed?

October 6, 2020 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “We are commanded to love God…”

We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty.

August 13, 2020 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “What man or woman of common…”

What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and annihilate the mind of this portion of our race, we have never yet been able to do it.

March 28, 2020 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “Women ought to feel a peculiar…”

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education.

February 15, 2020 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

Angelina Grimke Quote: “If a law commands me to…”

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.

November 7, 2019 1805, American, Angelina Grimke, February 20, Quotes by Activists

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