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Give them that, and they would work better than the average of uneducated white laborers.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Give them that, and they would work better than the average of uneducated white laborers.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid expresses the belief that fair compensation could motivate formerly enslaved individuals to work effectively.
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