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I tell you, sah” said a very intelligent negro, who had been reciting the present troubles of his people, “we ain’t noways safe, ‘long as dem people makes de laws we’s got to be governed by.
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Whitelaw Reid
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This quote reflects the concerns of a freed African American about the political power dynamics affecting their safety and governance.
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