Booker T. Washington: “Of the two, I believe I would rather see you own a bathtub without a house, than a house without a bathtub.”

Ever since I have been old enough to think for myself, I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man got nearly as much out of slavery as the white man did.

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

The whole machinery of slavery was so constructed as to cause labour, as a rule, to be looked upon as a badge of degradation, of inferiority.

No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.