On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
In order to defend and protect the women and children who were left on the plantations when the white males went to war, the slaves would have laid down their lives.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
He asserts the profound loyalty and protective instincts of enslaved people towards the white families remaining on plantations during the Civil War.
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