Booker T. Washington: “One of our worst sins, one of our weaknesses, is that of not being able to handle other people's property and be honest…”

Ever since I have been old enough to think for myself, I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man got nearly as much out of slavery as the white man did.

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

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.

I never saw a man who so completely lost sight of himself.