Peoples and governments will not in the future assume that because they have the brute power to enforce momentarily dominant ideas, it is best to do so without thoughtful conference with the ideas of smaller groups and individuals.
Du Bois predicts a future where governments will engage with minority ideas rather than impose majority views.
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A million black men started with renewed zeal to vote themselves into the kingdom.
Three things characterized this religion of the slave,—the Preacher, the Music, and the Frenzy.
Away with the black man’s ballot, by force or fraud,—and behold the suicide of a race!
By 1830 slavery seemed hopelessly fastened on the South, and the slaves thoroughly cowed into submission.