They could not endure that men, some of whom had been bought and sold like chattels in the time of slavery, and others ready to sell themselves, although they were freemen, should sit to legislate for their States with their noble and brave history.
Hoar expresses the deep-seated resentment of some Southern whites towards African Americans in positions of power.
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