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Since entering the cotton States I had not seen, on the whole trip, an indication of the slightest desire to interfere with free speech.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Since entering the cotton States I had not seen, on the whole trip, an indication of the slightest desire to interfere…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid observes a lack of desire to suppress free speech during his travels in the cotton states after the Civil War.
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