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Black-belt diamonds;

gems from the speeches, addresses, and talks to students of Booker T. Washington ...
  
  
  
  

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Slavery Degraded Labor

There are several reasons why the South
should give special attention to the matter of
industrial education. Slavery taught both the
white man and the Negro to dread labor,—to
look upon it as something to be escaped, something
fit only for poor people and slaves.

Industrial Education in the South.