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Educated or ignorant, rich or poor, the niggers must be kept down.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Educated or ignorant, rich or poor, the niggers must be kept down.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid emphasizes the necessity of suppressing Black individuals regardless of their social status.
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