Aside from this, we wanted to give them such a practical knowledge of some one industry, together with the spirit of industry, thrift, and economy, that they would be sure of knowing how to make a living after they had left us.
In his autobiography, Washington outlines the comprehensive goal of Tuskegee's industrial education to equip students with practical skills for self-sufficiency.
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I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
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.
I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.