On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The direct result of this system is an all-cotton scheme of agriculture and the continued bankruptcy of the tenant.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The direct result of this system is an all-cotton scheme of agriculture and the continued bankruptcy of the tenant.”
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From his critique of the sharecropping system, on its economic consequences for Black tenants.
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