On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The plantation organization replaced the clan and tribe, and the white master replaced the chief with far greater and more despotic powers.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois describes the profound social upheaval caused by slavery, where traditional African social structures were violently replaced by the plantation system.
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