On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
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.
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Booker T. Washington
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From his autobiography, describing how the institution of slavery inherently devalued manual labor and associated it with a lower social status.
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