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Addressing an abolitionist meeting in Philadelphia, May 14, 1838, as a mob howled outside, throwing bricks and stones into the building, as quoted in Todras, Ellen H. (1999), Angelina Grimké: Voice of Abolition, page: 3, publisher: Linnet, ISBN: 978-0-208-02485-5
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I have seen it! I have seen it! I know it has horrors that can never be described. I was brought up under its wing. I witnessed for many years its demoralizing influence and its destructiveness to human happiness. I have never seen a happy slave.

— Angelina Grimké

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have seen it! I have seen it! I know it has horrors that can never be described. I was brought up under its wing. I witnessed for many years its demoralizing influence and its destructiveness to human happiness. I have never seen a happy slave." in the context of "Addressing an abolitionist meeting in Philadelphia, May 14, 1838, as a mob howled outside, throwing bricks and stones into the building, as quoted in Todras, Ellen H. (1999), Angelina Grimké: Voice of Abolition, page: 3, publisher: Linnet, ISBN: 978-0-208-02485-5" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Angelina Grimké

About Angelina Grimké

Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 21, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American political activist, women's rights advocate, supporter of the women's suffrage movement, and besides her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, the only known white Southern woman to be a part of the abolition movement. Her partner was the abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld.