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| + | == "A Reply to Harriet Beecher Stowe" Louisa S. Cheeves McCord, 1853 == | ||
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| + | I thought this document was enlightening and so interesting. True, she was writing things that by today's standards are offensive and politically incorrect, but this is what primary sources offer to us, someone who isn't ashamed to admit their beliefs. I want to offer a quote from the reading "To Conclude. We have undertaken the defence of slavery in no temporizing vein. We do NOT say it is a necessary evil. We do NOT allow that it is a temporary make-shift to choke the course of Providence for man's convenience. It is NOT 'a sorrow and a wrong to be lived down.' We proclaim it, on the contrary, a Godlike dispensation, a providential caring for the weak, and a refuge for the portionless." (page 219). Understanding this statement helps one understand the entire patriarchal society. --Sara S. | ||
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== Angelina Grimke Weld ''The Cruel Mistress'' == | == Angelina Grimke Weld ''The Cruel Mistress'' == | ||
