Read this paragraph from the speech.

Question

Our freedom began at the end of the Civil War. That was thirty years ago. We started with a few quilts, pumpkins and chickens. Today we make new tools for farming. We make carriages. We make steam-engines work better. We print newspapers. We write books. We create art. We run drug stores. We have banks.

What kind of freedom is Booker T. Washington talking about in this paragraph?



Group of answer choices

freedom from war

freedom to vote

freedom to work

freedom to be farmers

Answer 1

And you think … ?

Answer 2

Freedom to work

Answer 3

Yes. All the examples in Washington's speech are jobs the ex-slaves had within the first 30 years after emancipation.