Booker T. Washington: “His parting word to me was, "The United States is good enough for me in the future.”

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.

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.

The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.