Booker T. Washington: “The title is the shadow; what you say is the substance.”

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

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

I was supremely happy in the opportunity of being able to assist somebody else.

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.