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The vices of the negro are the vices of the slave.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The vices of the negro are the vices of the slave.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid reflects on the moral implications of the behaviors observed among formerly enslaved individuals.
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