On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
If the tenant worked hard and raised a large crop, his rent was raised the next year; if that year the crop failed, his corn was confiscated and his mule sold for debt.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “If the tenant worked hard and raised a large crop, his rent was raised the next year; if that year the crop failed, his…”
Editor's note · Context
This passage from "The Souls of Black Folk" illustrates the severe economic precarity and injustice faced by Black tenant farmers.
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