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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gutenberg.orgThus we have a laborer without capital and without wages, and an employer whose capital is largely his employees’ wages.
Du Bois analyzes the economic structure of sharecropping, highlighting the unique and disadvantageous position of the laborer.
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