Booker T. Washington: “The years come to us but once, and they come then only to pass swiftly on, bearing the ineffaceable record we have put…”

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.

The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

I was supremely happy in the opportunity of being able to assist somebody else.

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.