On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
If cotton rose in price, the rent rose even higher; if cotton fell, the rent remained or followed reluctantly.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “If cotton rose in price, the rent rose even higher; if cotton fell, the rent remained or followed reluctantly.”
Editor's note · Context
This passage from "The Souls of Black Folk" describes the exploitative nature of rent in the post-Reconstruction Southern economy.
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