A Resemblance and a Contrast Between the American Negro and the Children of Israel in Egypt, or the Duty of the Negro to Contend Earnestly for His Rights Guaranteed Under the Constitution

Grimke likens African Americans to Israel in Egypt, contrasting forced enslavement with Israel’s voluntary sojourn, noting growth, oppression, and urging assertion of rights under the 13–15th Amendments.

Francis James Grimké was an American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and long-serving pastor of Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., known for his powerful preaching and nearly fifty years of faithful gospel ministry. Over the course of his ministry, Grimké exercised broad influence through preaching, writing, denominational participation, and the mentoring of younger ministers, leaving a lasting mark on American Presbyterian life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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