Booker T. Washington: “I speak of farming particularly, because I believe that to be the great foundation upon which we must build for the…”

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

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.

Even the most ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hearts, with a certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.