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When a man reached the conclusion that the negroes should be free, he could not do otherwise than join the Republican Party.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “When a man reached the conclusion that the negroes should be free, he could not do otherwise than join the Republican…”
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Boutwell asserts that supporting the freedom of African Americans naturally aligned individuals with the Republican Party.
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