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You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.”
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Reid expresses concern about the safety and behavior of freed slaves in the post-Civil War South.
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