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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of…

Quote byBooker T. Washington · 1856–1915

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Up From Slavery (1901), Chapter I: A Slave Among Slaves.

English (original)

From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.

— Booker T. Washington

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