On the record
There seemed no reason to doubt that during the war there had been an actual and very great disappearance of negroes.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “There seemed no reason to doubt that during the war there had been an actual and very great disappearance of negroes.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid notes the significant loss of African Americans during the Civil War, indicating a demographic change in the South.
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