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                <text>Excerpts from the manuscript copy of &lt;a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346094" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Florida Negro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; housed in the &lt;span&gt;State Archives of Florida (S1585) and &lt;/span&gt;available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The selections edited here appear to correspond in part to material found in the notes and narratives prepared by Viola Muse.</text>
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