Quote#Happiness
I have seen it! I have seen it! I know it has horrors that can never…
Quote byAngelina Grimké · 1805–1879
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Addressing an abolitionist meeting in Philadelphia, May 14, 1838, as a mob howled outside, throwing bricks and stones into the building, as quoted in.
English (original)
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
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