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This revolt was only prevented from gaining its ultimate end by the fact that the Gulf States could not get on without the active political co-operation of the Border States.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “This revolt was only prevented from gaining its ultimate end by the fact that the Gulf States could not get on without…”
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Du Bois explains how political cooperation between states prevented the full realization of the movement to revive the slave trade.
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