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Whitelaw Reid: Now he saw no remedy but in negro suffrage, and for this he was disposed to give hearty co-operation.

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Now he saw no remedy but in negro suffrage, and for this he was disposed to give hearty co-operation.
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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid discusses the necessity of negro suffrage as seen by a contemporary figure.

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