Booker T. Washington: “Resolve that no matter how little you may earn, you will put a part of the money in the bank.”

Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.

I knew that if we failed it would injure the whole race.

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

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.