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But for a negro, or for a Northern farmer without capital, to attempt the sugar culture on a small scale, would, as matters now stand, be utter folly.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid warns against the impracticality of small-scale sugar farming for those without capital, particularly freedmen and Northern farmers.
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