Whitelaw Reid: “The expectation was general, among the more intelligent, that suffrage…”

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The expectation was general, among the more intelligent, that suffrage would be given them, and many were beginning to assert their claim to lands.

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Reid notes the expectations among African Americans for suffrage and land ownership after the war.

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Whitelaw Reid: “The expectation was general, among the more intelligent, that suffrage would be given them, and many were beginning to…”