“The Negro slave trade was the first step in modern world commerce, followed by the modern theory of colonial expansion. Slaves as an article of commerce were shipped as long as the traffic paid.”

— W.E.B. Du Bois

Source: The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003), p. 104

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American sociologist, historian, activist and writer 1868–1963

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