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With all this muster of servants, the two much waited-on white men lived no better than the average of Northern day-laborers.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Editor's note · Context
Reid comments on the living conditions of white men in the South post-Civil War, highlighting the disparity in their treatment despite having many servants.
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