Critique of the Souls of Black Folk

“Critique of The Souls of Black Folk” The Souls of Black Folk is an early 20th century novel written by W. E. B. DuBois in response to the Emancipation Proclamation set by Abraham Lincoln to declare African- Americans as free people. The novel is extremely thick and is difficult reading however; it is also extremely insightful and provides the reader with much knowledge as to what the African Americans were feeling at the close of …

…they were enslaved. He makes an analogy of “The Black Sea and The Golden Fleece.” This is entirely correct since; sometimes there were hundreds of African- Americans on a cotton field working their day away for no pay. Slaves were beaten, left unclothed and without food. In conclusion, this book was extremely difficult reading but retold horrifying tales of the black man’s struggle in America both before and after slavery was abolished. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**