Booker T. Washington: “It is upon these small gifts, which carry with them the interest of hundreds of donors, that any philanthropic work must…”

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.

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

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.

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.