On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Many of the worst characteristics of the Negro masses of to-day had their seed in this period of the slave’s ethical growth.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This passage asserts that many negative characteristics observed in contemporary Black communities originated during the ethical development of enslaved people.
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