Both Uses of
dispute
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- Besides this, the chance for lawless oppression and illegal exactions is vastly greater in the country than in the city, and nearly all the more serious race disturbances of the last decade have arisen from disputes in the count between master and man,—as, for instance, the Sam Hose affair.†
Chpt 8 *disputes = disagreements, arguments, or conflicts
- For some time men doubted as to whether the Negro could develop such leaders; but to-day no one seriously disputes the capability of individual Negroes to assimilate the culture and common sense of modern civilization, and to pass it on, to some extent at least, to their fellows.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
-
(1)
(dispute as in: their border dispute) disagreement, argument, or conflict
-
(2)
(dispute as in: She disputes his claim.) challenge, argue about, or fight over