Booker T. Washington: “The student who lays the bricks must learn to lay each brick as well as it is possible for him to lay it, and then do…”

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

I knew that if we failed it would injure the whole race.

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.