On the record
I would rather give up my crop to the negroes than the lives of my wife and children.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “I would rather give up my crop to the negroes than the lives of my wife and children.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid conveys a white landowner's prioritization of family safety over agricultural interests in a tense post-war environment.
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