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But the town negroes, especially those of the League, say they have but little faith that the contracts will be kept.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “But the town negroes, especially those of the League, say they have but little faith that the contracts will be kept.”
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This quote expresses skepticism among town-dwelling African Americans about the reliability of labor contracts in the post-war era.
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