When you stated to the tavern keeper, if the black citizens were not permitted to visit you there, you would go to another tavern, and if not permitted, you would stop with your baggage in the street and receive them, shows a sympathy and sentiment that you, though honored and able, feel bound with them and to them.
Sherman's commitment to supporting black citizens was highlighted through his willingness to change accommodations for their sake.
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It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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