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Booker T. Washington: “They brought to my mind the plantation, the cabin, the slave, not the freedman in quest of education.”

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They brought to my mind the plantation, the cabin, the slave, not the freedman in quest of education.
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Booker T. Washington

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He contrasts the historical image of African Americans with their current pursuit of education and advancement.

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