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To be conquered by the Yankees was humiliating, but to have their own negroes armed and set over them they felt to be cruel and wanton insult.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Editor's note · Context
Reid articulates the deep sense of insult felt by Southerners at being governed by their former slaves.
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