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Passing about the dark, crooked streets of Atlanta after night, unaccompanied and unarmed, was worse than attempting a similar exploration of the Five Points, in New York, ten years ago.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid compares the dangers of navigating Atlanta's streets after the war to a notorious area in New York, emphasizing the lawlessness of the time.
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