Booker T. Washington: “I have also advised them, where no principle is at stake, to consult the interests of their local communities, and to…”

No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.

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.

In order to defend and protect the women and children who were left on the plantations when the white males went to war, the slaves would have laid down their lives.

I can scarcely imagine any torture, except, perhaps, the pulling of a tooth, that is equal to that caused by putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.