Booker T. Washington: “I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1901

I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Booker T. Washington

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Washington recounts a stark detail of his early life, highlighting the deprivation experienced under slavery and the change brought by freedom.

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Booker T. Washington: “I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.”