Now and then one may find such a cabin kept scrupulously neat, with merry steaming fireplaces and hospitable door; but the majority are dirty and dilapidated, smelling of eating and sleeping, poorly ventilated, and anything but homes.
From his sociological study of Black life in the South, Du Bois describes the typical living conditions of tenant farmers.
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