Booker T. Washington: “One of our worst sins, one of our weaknesses, is that of not being able to handle other people's property and be honest…”

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

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.

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