Say what we will, there is something in human nature which we cannot blot out, which makes one man, in the end, recognize and reward merit in another, regardless of colour or race.
From his autobiography, Washington reflects on the inherent human tendency to acknowledge and reward individual merit, transcending racial prejudice.
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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 have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.
I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building.