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Washington reveals Wilson's boyhood and early life
A detailed reminiscence outlines Vice President Wilson’s origins from 1812 birth to youth, noting his hard labor childhood, apprenticeship to a farmer, and later schooling. It describes his remarks on poverty, early wage struggles, and a formative anti slavery convention experience at Concord with family friends like John KR French and Wendell Phillips. It also mentions criticism of false reports about his mother and the lasting influence of his upbringing on his public life.
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