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So, too, when necessarily that other question arose: “Shall we give arms to the black men?” I could not doubt or hesitate.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “So, too, when necessarily that other question arose: “Shall we give arms to the black men?” I could not doubt or…”
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Reid reflects on the necessity of arming black men during the Civil War.
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