Booker T. Washington: “And, to be plain with you, we cannot have such people here.”

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

I have great faith in the power and influence of facts.

These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.

The whole machinery of slavery was so constructed as to cause labour, as a rule, to be looked upon as a badge of degradation, of inferiority.