On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The things evidently borrowed from the surrounding world undergo characteristic change when they enter the mouth of the slave.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois notes how elements adopted from the dominant culture were uniquely transformed and reinterpreted by enslaved people.
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