On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
It was rather a choice between suffrage and slavery, after endless blood and gold had flowed to sweep human bondage away.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “It was rather a choice between suffrage and slavery, after endless blood and gold had flowed to sweep human bondage…”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois asserts that the post-Civil War choice for the nation was not about the degree of Black suffrage, but fundamentally between granting the ballot or perpetuating a form of slavery.
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