"I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am not quite sure the exactn place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time. As nearly as I have been able to learn" -Booker T. Whashington
When Booker T. wrote this he was trying to describe the type of oppression that he faced as a young child. He was trying to show future generations what he went through as an African American.
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