There are twenty thousand people here in Charleston,” said the haughty representative of an ancient Carolinian name, “and only six families among them all!” Judging from what one sees on the streets, one could very readily believe the paradox which, in Carolina lips, becomes no paradox at all.
Reid captures a representative's observation about the drastic demographic changes in Charleston post-war.
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