They said less against negro suffrage than before—frankly said it would be very obnoxious to the prejudices of nearly the whole population, but added, that if the Government insisted on it, they would co-operate with the negroes in reorganization.
This quote reveals the complex attitudes towards negro suffrage among Southern populations during Reconstruction.
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