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George Julian: “It involved not merely the fate of the negro, but the safety of society.”

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It involved not merely the fate of the negro, but the safety of society.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian asserts that the suffrage question affects not only the fate of African Americans but also societal safety.

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