On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Thus Negro suffrage ended a civil war by beginning a race feud.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Thus Negro suffrage ended a civil war by beginning a race feud.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois offers a poignant summary of Reconstruction, observing that Black suffrage, while ending one conflict, inadvertently ignited another.
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