He had gone North, utterly down-hearted, and willing to sell out for a dollar an acre in gold; but they had treated him well in New York; there was less revengeful, bitter feeling than he had expected; Yankees were coming down to cultivate cotton beside him; and he was going to watch them and profit by it.
Reid describes a Georgia planter's change in perspective after visiting the North, highlighting a more positive interaction with Northerners.
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