Whitelaw Reid: “Earnestly desirous, as I always was, of the enfranchisement of every…”

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Earnestly desirous, as I always was, of the enfranchisement of every slave in the land, I never dreamed of seeking enfranchisement through war.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid clarifies his belief in the emancipation of slaves without the need for war.

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