Many of the Southern whites have a feeling that, if the Negro is permitted to exercise his political rights now to any degree, the mistakes of the Reconstruction period will repeat themselves.
Washington discusses the fears of Southern whites regarding African American political rights and historical mistakes.
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I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.
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.