Fortunes were made during the last year of the war out of Mississippi wood-yards, and too often the most successful were the readiest to cheat the poor negroes out of their paltry share of the splendid profits.
Reid critiques the exploitation of African Americans during the war, highlighting the profits made at their expense.
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