Booker T. Washington: “Most of the verses of the plantation songs had some reference to freedom.”

These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.

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.

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