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If that Confederate debt isn’t honestly due, no debt in the world ever was.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “If that Confederate debt isn’t honestly due, no debt in the world ever was.”
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Reid argues the legitimacy of the Confederate debt, emphasizing the moral implications of financial obligations.
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