“you may fool people for a time; you can fool a part of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” –Abraham Lincoln I’m still contemplating Angelina Grimke’s 1836 “Appeal to Christian Women of the South.” Her Appeal, a combination of cogent inductive and deductive reasoning from the… Continue reading Materialism and Slavery
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Wisdom’s Treasures: Angelina Grimke
Among those treasures, new and old, of history, Angelina Grimke has become–to me–one of the most brilliant. Her calm, reasoned exposition of Scripture, proving that American Slavery was an utter defiance of Mosaic Law, has, as all truth does, set me free. I have been amazed, for some time, at the parallels between the… Continue reading Wisdom’s Treasures: Angelina Grimke
A Light in American History
History is far from boring. I’ve been reading through Noel Rae’s Great Stain and Catherine Clinton’s Harriet Tubman, and am spellbound by the characters and stories of our history. No contemporary entertainment comes close to competing with the stories of real people in history. As Sherlock told us, “truth is stranger than fiction,” and… Continue reading A Light in American History