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Quotation from Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

“this was the day for which she had been so long praying, but fearing that she would never live to see.”

Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #2376)

Portrait of Booker T. Washington

After the proclamation of freedom is read at the big house, his mother kisses her children with tears of joy.

Citation: "this was the day for which she had been so long praying, but fearing that she would never live to see." — Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #2376). (id up-from-slavery-q2)

Virtues: Hope

Portrait: UpFromSlavery cover, Booker T. Washington / Doubleday & Co., Public domain.

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