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Booker T. Washington: “After the reading we were told that we were all free, and could go when and where we pleased.”

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After the reading we were told that we were all free, and could go when and where we pleased.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington reflects on the moment of emancipation when he and others learned they were free.

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