Booker T. Washington: “The making of these bricks taught me an important lesson in regard to the relations of the two races in the South.”

Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.

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

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.