Part II Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World The Slaves Made

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In part two of the 1972 book Roll, Jordan, Roll by Eugene D. Genovese, sensitive issues such as The Black Work Ethic are explored in an outward manner.  Genovese uses the argument by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois that "The black slaves brought into common labor certain new spirtual values not yet fully realized." Working is explained as a neccessary evil throughout this book.  This argument that work is a neccessary evil is an indication of the forward thinking Genovese but there is still room for scholarly discussion in this particular field of historical study.

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