Whitelaw Reid: “The feeling against Northerners is not so bitter as through most of…”

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The feeling against Northerners is not so bitter as through most of the South.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid notes a lessening of hostility towards Northerners in Alabama compared to other Southern regions.

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Whitelaw Reid: “The feeling against Northerners is not so bitter as through most of the South.”