An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
- ISBN-10
- 1503324850
- ISBN-13
- 9781503324855
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-09
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Angelina Emily Angelina Emily Grimke
Description
"[...]mother a slave, or my father, my sister or my brother? If not, then in holding others as slaves, I am doing what I would not wish to be done to me or any relative I have; and thus have I broken this golden rule which was given me to walk by. But some slaveholders have said, "we were never in bondage to any man," and therefore the yoke of bondage would be insufferable to us, but slaves are accustomed to it, their backs are fitted to the burden. Well, I am willing to admit that you who have lived in freedom would find slavery even more oppressive than the poor slave does, but then you may try this question in another form-Am I willing to reduce my little child to slavery? You know that if it is brought up a slave it will[...]".
