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Chapter 37

           Buttheywere,asaclass,childlikeinmentality,easilyledandfromlonghabitaccustomedtotakingorders.Formerlytheirwhitemastershadgiventheorders.Nowtheyhadanewsetofmasters,theBureauandtheCarpetbaggers,andtheirorderswere:"You’rejustasgoodasanywhiteman,soactthatway.JustassoonasyoucanvotetheRepublicanticket,youaregoingtohavethewhiteman’sproperty.It’sasgoodasyoursnow.Takeit,ifyoucangetit!"

           Dazzledbythesetales,freedombecameanever-endingpicnic,abarbecueeverydayoftheweek,acarnivalofidlenessandtheftandinsolence.Countrynegroesflockedintothecities,leavingtheruraldistrictswithoutlabortomakethecrops.Atlantawascrowdedwiththemandstilltheycamebythehundreds,lazyanddangerousasaresultofthenewdoctrinesbeingtaughtthem.Packedintosqualidcabins,smallpox,typhoidandtuberculosisbrokeoutamongthem.Accustomedtothecareoftheirmistresseswhentheywereillinslavedays,theydidnotknowhowtonursethemselvesortheirsick.Relyingupontheirmastersintheolddaystocarefortheiragedandtheirbabies,theynowhadnosenseofresponsibilityfortheirhelpless.AndtheBureauwasfartoointerestedinpoliticalmatterstoprovidethecaretheplantationownershadoncegiven.

           Abandonednegrochildrenranlikefrightenedanimalsaboutthetownuntilkind-heartedwhitepeopletookthemintotheirkitchenstoraise.

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