W. E. B. Du Bois quoteW. E. B. Du Bois [1868-1963]
American Writer 
Quote rank: 104
| From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation. |
Equality,
Government,
Men
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