On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
There is little of the joyous abandon and playfulness which we are wont to associate with the plantation Negro.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “There is little of the joyous abandon and playfulness which we are wont to associate with the plantation Negro.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois challenges romanticized notions of the "plantation Negro" by describing the absence of joy and playfulness in the lives of the Black men he encounters.
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