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Some of the very ones who were freed from the tyranny of the Middle Age became the tyrants of the industrial age.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Some of the very ones who were freed from the tyranny of the Middle Age became the tyrants of the industrial age.”
Editor's note · Context
He reflects on how those who were once oppressed became oppressors in the new industrial age.
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