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seek new ones from their conquerors. He was not surprised to read that Yankees are not popular at the South, and that when the army goes some of the Yankees must go with it. Being defeated, the^r are not disposed to accept superfluous and intrusive advice from those who have defeated them. We must not expect men who have regarded negroes as inferior beings all their lives, shall receive complacently the doctrine of equality and citizenship in its relations to the black man. Sometimes it would be well for us to remember the homes wo live in. He did not believe there were a dozen places in Brooklyn where a colored man could obtain work, unless all the white men should leave. We, who still indulge in this prejudice, should not blame the people of the South who do not believe that society can be reorganized with the negro as an equal. Nor should we expect that they would know how even when they try to treat the negro fairly, for they have been brought up to treat him as a beast. We
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Macon Weekly Georgia Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Mon, Jan 29, 1866
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