Booker T. Washington: “His parting word to me was, "The United States is good enough for me in the future.”

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.

I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.

I can scarcely imagine any torture, except, perhaps, the pulling of a tooth, that is equal to that caused by putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.