Whitelaw Reid: “But this is comparatively valueless as a test of negro intellectual capacity.”

The question about the slaves being self-supporting, is a question no longer.

We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.