Booker T. Washington: “Men must have some of the comforts and conveniences--certainly the necessities of life--supplied them before they can be…”

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.

Even the most ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hearts, with a certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.

No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.

He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.