Booker T. Washington: “In fact, when I left France, I had more faith in the future of the black man in America than I had ever possessed.”

When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.

As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.

The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

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