This is so to such an extent that Negroes in this country, who themselves or whose forefathers went through the school of slavery, are constantly returning to Africa as missionaries to enlighten those who remained in the fatherland.
Washington discusses the paradox of African Americans returning to Africa as missionaries, illustrating a complex relationship with their heritage.
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He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.
These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.
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