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lumenUS History II (American Yawp)ReconstructionSearchPrimary Source Reading: Souls of Black FolkW.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963): The Souls of Black Folk (1903)Chapter III.Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and OthersFrom birth till death enslaved; in word, in deed, unmanned!Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye notWho would be free themselves must strike the blow?BYRON.EASILY the most striking thing in the history of the American Negro since 1876 is the ascendancy of […]