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Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period.
"Up From Slavery" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which has been the source of inspiration for all Americans. Washington reveals his inner most thoughts as he transitions from ex-slave to teacher and founder of one of the most important schools for African Americans in the south, The Tuskegee Industrial Institute.
Publish Date
1901
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Doubleday
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Washington, booker t., 1856-1915, African americans, biography, Educators, united states, Tuskegee institute, Biography, Educators, African Americans, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Juvenile literature, Afro-Americans, College presidents, United States, Slaves, Slaves' writings, American, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Sociology, Slaves, united states, Slaves' writings, Slavernij, Noirs américains, Biographies, Éducateurs, United states, history, Freedmen, united states, African americans, educationPlaces
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Up from Slavery: with Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
September 20, 2002, Bedford/St. Martin's
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Up from slavery
1998, Doubleday
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Up from slavery: authoritative text, contexts, and composition history, criticism
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Up from slavery: an autobiography
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Table of Contents
I.
A Slave Among Slaves
Page 1
II.
Boyhood Days
Page 23
III.
The Struggle for an Education
Page 42
IV.
Helping Others
Page 63
V.
The Reconstruction Period
Page 80
VI.
Black Race and Red Race
Page 94
VII.
Early Days at Tuskegee
Page 106
VIII.
Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House
Page 118
IX.
Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights
Page 133
X.
A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw
Page 148
XI.
Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie on Them
Page 163
XII.
Raising Money
Page 177
XIII.
Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech
Page 196
XIV.
The Atlanta Exposition Address
Page 217
XV.
The Secret of Success in Public Speaking
Page 238
XVI.
Europe
Page 267
XVII.
Last Words
Page 293
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I WAS born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia.
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I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia.
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