On the record
Especially they desired to know what their prospect was for being permitted to exercise, in common with all other native freemen, the elective franchise.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Editor's note · Context
Reid highlights the desire of African Americans to understand their rights regarding voting after the Civil War.
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