If we cannot supply the demand for slave labor, then we must expect to be supplied with a species of labor we do not want, and which is, from the very nature of things, antagonistic to our institutions.
Du Bois warns that failing to meet the demand for slave labor could lead to undesirable forms of labor that conflict with societal values.
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