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Don’t you know that these disfranchised negroes of Charleston are infinitely their superiors, in education, industry, wealth and good conduct?
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Whitelaw Reid
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Editor's note · Context
Reid argues that the disenfranchised African Americans in Charleston possess qualities that surpass those of many others.
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