On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Had that control been from within, the Negro would have been re-enslaved, to all intents and purposes.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Had that control been from within, the Negro would have been re-enslaved, to all intents and purposes.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois argues that if control during Reconstruction had been left to internal Southern forces, African Americans would have effectively been re-enslaved.
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