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UWtii UUilUO .Massu, de^e colored peoples wants to know if you belongs to de Uniouer cavalry V My assurance to the contrary was followed by many apologies for asking so impertinent a qucstio»,and assurances that they were “ on the Uniouer side.’*At length a black woman came in very tiiueh atTected. u Ob, said she,1' tears meanwhile courting down her cheeks, “ I hope and pray de Lcrd for dese sojers. and dat dey may go on from conquer to conquer!”Such is the prevalent feeling among them and they understand well what the vroid liberty means though they never have learned to read it! Not one of those before me knew his letters.
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Weekly Gazette and Free Press
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1861
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