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He shows his Northern visitor the scarred and wretched land; the ruined mansions, the worn-out soil and mortgaged acres, and says, This is Negro freedom!
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “He shows his Northern visitor the scarred and wretched land; the ruined mansions, the worn-out soil and mortgaged acres…”
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Du Bois describes a Northern visitor's encounter with a white landowner who illustrates the harsh realities of Negro freedom.
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