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Booker T. Washington: “I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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Booker T. Washington

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From his autobiography, Washington expresses profound sympathy for any people ensnared by the institution of slavery.

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