Booker T. Washington: “He who does this finds in the end that he has achieved a tremendous success.”

From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.

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

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

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.