The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 86, Nov. 1895, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WAS HINGTON Papers the white preacher. There is never a week that I do not have two or three white persons and often ministers stopping at my house and at the homes of other teachers. At this very moment this is true. After the man was shot his son brought him to my house for help and advice, (and you can easily understand that the people in and about Tuskegee come to me for help and advice in all their troubles). I got out of bed and went out and explained to the man and his son that personally I would do anything I could for them but I could not take the wounded man into the school and endanger the lives of students entrusted by their parents to my care to the fury of some drunken white men. Neither did I for the same reason feel that it was the right thing to take him into ~my] own house. For as much as I love the colored people in that section, I can not feel that I am in duty bound to shelter them in all their personal troubles any more than you would feel called on to do the same thing in Washington. I explained my position fully to the man alla his son, and they agreed with me as to the wisdom of my course. And I now state what I have not to any one before. I helped them to a place of safety and paid the money out of my own pocket for the comfort and treatment of the man while he was sick. Today I have no warmer friends than this man and his son. They have nothing but the warmest feelings of gratitude for me and are continually in one way or another expressing this feeling. ~ do not care to publish to the world what do and should not mention this except for this false representation. ~ simply chose to help and relieve this man in my own way rather than in the way some man a thousand miles away would have had medoit. ~ thank you sincerely for writing me and hope you will always feel free to speak to me about such matters. Please remember me kindly to Mrs. Grimke. Yours Sincerely Booker T. Washington ALS Con. ~ BOW Papers DHU. 86