On the record
No one, who saw or conversed with the leading Savannah negroes, would doubt their entire capacity to support themselves.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “No one, who saw or conversed with the leading Savannah negroes, would doubt their entire capacity to support themselves.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid asserts the self-sufficiency of leading African Americans in Savannah based on his observations.
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