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No such fees were exacted of white men and no such fees were exacted of the free black man during the era of slavery.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “No such fees were exacted of white men and no such fees were exacted of the free black man during the era of slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
Blaine contrasts the fees imposed on African Americans with those on white men, illustrating economic discrimination.
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