With a moderate degree of intelligent leadership among the laboring class of the South, properly handling the justice of their cause, and wisely using the exodus example, they can easily exact better terms for their labor than ever before.
From his autobiography, suggesting a strategy for Black laborers in the South to improve their working conditions.
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Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.
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