As a rule, not only did the members of my race entertain no feelings of bitterness against the whites before and during the war, but there are many instances of Negroes tenderly caring for their former masters and mistresses who for some reason have become poor and dependent since the war.
In his autobiography, Washington describes the post-Civil War relationship between former slaves and their impoverished former masters.
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