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Every greenback is red with the blood of fellow-citizens.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Every greenback is red with the blood of fellow-citizens.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner powerfully conveys the human cost of the currency in circulation during the conflict.
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