On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
How strange that Georgia, the world-heralded refuge of poor debtors, should bind her own to sloth and misfortune as ruthlessly as ever England did!
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois expresses his astonishment at Georgia's policies, which, despite its historical reputation, subjected its own citizens to economic hardship.
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