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The freedmen have more hope from Virginia Rebels than from East Tennessee Loyalists, if the public sentiment of Knoxville may be accepted as a test.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid suggests that freedmen may find more hope from Virginia Rebels than local loyalists.
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