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W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America

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The Importance of Class Collaboration in US Politics

Du Bois does not evade the question of class collaboration in fact he sees it as central to why reconstruction ultimately failed. He could have paid more attention to the Haitian Revolution 1791 to 1804 which is rather curious since his antecedents or on the island once known as cispaniola and still known as Yola by some quarters. The Haitian Revolution 17 91 to 1804 ignited a general crisis of the entire slave system that could only be resolved with its collapseOnce again you may want to link to the article I wrote in the New York based weekly at the nation an analysis of the life of CLR James Trudad and Tobago.

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