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Booker T. Washington: “No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington explains his perspective on the widespread historical responsibility for the institution of slavery in the United States.

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