Booker T. Washington: “While the students are at work upon the land and in erecting buildings, they are taught, by competent instructors, the…”

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

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.

I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.