Booker T. Washington: “This force is so organized and subdivided that the machinery of the school goes on day by day like clockwork.”

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

When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.

Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.

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.