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My opinion is that as the colored man gets land, becomes chaste, frugal, temperate, industrious, veracious, that he will gradually acquire respect, and will attain political equality.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “My opinion is that as the colored man gets land, becomes chaste, frugal, temperate, industrious, veracious, that he will…”
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Hoar expresses his belief that the progress of African Americans towards equality is tied to their personal development and societal contributions.
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