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With us, the death of slavery is recognized, and made a basis of action by everybody.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “With us, the death of slavery is recognized, and made a basis of action by everybody.”
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Reid acknowledges the widespread recognition of the end of slavery among the people he encountered.
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