Whitelaw Reid: “Don’t you know that these disfranchised negroes of Charleston are…”

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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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Reid argues that the disenfranchised African Americans in Charleston possess qualities that surpass those of many others.

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Whitelaw Reid: “Don’t you know that these disfranchised negroes of Charleston are infinitely their superiors, in education, industry…”