Whitelaw Reid: “But be that as it may, the ‘freedmen’ are dying by hundreds and…”

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But be that as it may, the ‘freedmen’ are dying by hundreds and thousands.

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Reid highlights the alarming death toll among freedmen in the South during the post-war period.

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Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.

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Isn’t it better to have the laws in some way take the matter out of their hands and make them work?

Whitelaw Reid: “But be that as it may, the ‘freedmen’ are dying by hundreds and thousands.”