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The declared object was to secure impartial suffrage to the negro race.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This statement outlines the goal of ensuring voting rights for African Americans after the Civil War.
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That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
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