On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Then amid all crouched the freed slave, bewildered between friend and foe.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Then amid all crouched the freed slave, bewildered between friend and foe.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois vividly portrays the vulnerable and uncertain position of newly emancipated Black people in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War.
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