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De Alexander: “If, as you pretend, you wish the blacks of this State to have the ballot, why do you not give it to them?”

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If, as you pretend, you wish the blacks of this State to have the ballot, why do you not give it to them?
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Alexander questions the sincerity of those advocating for black suffrage in New York.

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