On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
By 1830 slavery seemed hopelessly fastened on the South, and the slaves thoroughly cowed into submission.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois describes the entrenched nature of slavery in the American South by 1830 and the resulting subjugation of enslaved people.
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