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I spoke then so singly for freedom that short-sighted men inferred that I was disloyal to the Union.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “I spoke then so singly for freedom that short-sighted men inferred that I was disloyal to the Union.”
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Alexander discusses how his strong advocacy for freedom led some to mistakenly view him as disloyal to the Union.
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