On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Here was a man paying five dollars for goods which he could have bought for three dollars cash, and raised for one dollar or one dollar and a half.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
From an illustrative anecdote about economic exploitation, on the exorbitant prices paid by Black tenants for basic goods.
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