. The New England magazine . h appreciative closed by declaring that if womencould vote, they would not sell their votes for a drink of whiskey or a loaf of whitebread. This remark was received withloud applause, as it is a common sayingin this part of the South, that for thethings she had mentioned a colored manwill sell his vote. On the way home, two colored girlswent by us, and I caught snatches oftheir talk. One of them repeated theassertion made at the meeting, that wo-men would not sell their ballots if theyhad any at their disposal, and the otherresponded heartily, Thats so
. The New England magazine . h appreciative closed by declaring that if womencould vote, they would not sell their votes for a drink of whiskey or a loaf of whitebread. This remark was received withloud applause, as it is a common sayingin this part of the South, that for thethings she had mentioned a colored manwill sell his vote. On the way home, two colored girlswent by us, and I caught snatches oftheir talk. One of them repeated theassertion made at the meeting, that wo-men would not sell their ballots if theyhad any at their disposal, and the otherresponded heartily, Thats so. Asthey spoke, they passed on into theshadowy night, but they left behind themin the mind of one listener the convic-tion that unknown possibilities lurked inthe future, if negro girls had alreadybegun to discuss political purity andwoman suffrage on the streets of a south-ern town, at a later hour than their fathersand mothers could once have strolledfrom their huts without danger of arrestand flogging by the patrol. ^^PU^. A MASSACHUSETTS LAND TITLE. By George A. Jackson.
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