On the record
Nor do I see any element whatever out of which a negro insurrection could now, or ever could have been, evolved.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Nor do I see any element whatever out of which a negro insurrection could now, or ever could have been, evolved.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid asserts that he sees no potential for a slave insurrection, indicating a belief in the stability of the current social order.
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