Booker T. Washington: “Where the soil is cheap there is little or no excuse for any man or woman going about complaining that he or she cannot…”

Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.

I have great faith in the power and influence of facts.

From the time that I can remember anything, almost every day of my life had been occupied in some kind of labour; though I think I would now be a more useful man if I had had time for sports.