On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Nor is this peculiar to Sambo; it has in history been just as true of John and Hans, of Jacques and Pat, of all ground-down peasantries.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Nor is this peculiar to Sambo; it has in history been just as true of John and Hans, of Jacques and Pat, of all…”
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Du Bois asserts that the negative effects of forced labor and oppression are not unique to Black people but are a universal consequence for all subjugated peasantries throughout history.
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