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They have stocked their plantations, paying the highest prices, and often bidding against white men, at the auction sales of condemned Government property.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid observes that formerly enslaved individuals have successfully stocked their farms and are competing in the market, indicating economic advancement.
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