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But they themselves have not escaped the consequences of their egregious blunder, for a new class of whites have in turn wrested from them their leadership in Southern affairs.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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Editor's note · Context
Grimké notes the irony that the old master class lost their leadership due to their own mistakes.
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