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Men who hold the rod over slaves rule in the councils of the nation; and they deny our right to petition and remonstrate against abuses of our sex and our kind.
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
I fled to the land of Penn; for here, thought I, sympathy for the slave will surely be found. But I found it not. The people were kind and hospitable, but the slave had no place in their thoughts.
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
It was remarked in England that women did much to abolish slavery in her colonies. Nor are they now idle.
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
I will lift up my voice like a trumpet, and show this people their transgression, their sins of omission towards the slave, and what they can do towards affecting Southern mind, and overthrowing Southern oppression.
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
If the arm of the North had not caused the Bastille of slavery to totter to its foundation, you would not hear those cries. A few years ago, and the South felt secure, and with a contemptuous sneer asked, "Who are the abolitionists? The abolitionists are nothing?"
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
We may talk of occupying neutral ground, but on this subject, in its present attitude, there is no such thing as neutral ground. He that is not for us is against us
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)