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A smaller class are Union men, if they can have the Union their way—if the negroes can be kept under, and themselves put foremost.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “A smaller class are Union men, if they can have the Union their way—if the negroes can be kept under, and themselves put…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote illustrates the perspective of a minority of Southern Unionists who desire a version of the Union that maintains their social hierarchy.
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