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It is a crop always salable for ready money, not usually subject to great yearly fluctuations in price, and one which the Negroes know how to raise.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois highlights the economic advantages of cotton as a cash crop for Black farmers, despite systemic challenges.
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