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W.E.B. Du Bois: “Thus we have a laborer without capital and without wages, and an employer whose capital is largely his employees’ wages.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Thus we have a laborer without capital and without wages, and an employer whose capital is largely his employees’ wages.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois analyzes the economic structure of sharecropping, highlighting the unique and disadvantageous position of the laborer.

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