Whitelaw Reid: “No one, who saw or conversed with the leading Savannah negroes, would…”

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No one, who saw or conversed with the leading Savannah negroes, would doubt their entire capacity to support themselves.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid asserts the self-sufficiency of leading African Americans in Savannah based on his observations.

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Whitelaw Reid: “No one, who saw or conversed with the leading Savannah negroes, would doubt their entire capacity to support themselves.”