Carolina QuotesThe white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct of self-preservation to rid themselves, by fair means or foul, of the intolerable burden of governments sustained by the votes of ignorant negroes and conducted in the interest of adventurers.”
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 58
- work
- A History of the American People, Vol. 9 (1902)
- year
- 1902
- locator
- p. 58
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“The white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-643917107C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/643917107c
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