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And indeed it needed an exceptionally clear and discerning mind, in 1787, to deny that slavery and the slave-trade in the United States of America were doomed to early annihilation.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois reflects on the perception of slavery's future in 1787, emphasizing the clarity needed to foresee its impending end.
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