Up from Slavery An Autobiography

Name: Up from Slavery An Autobiography
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ISBN: 9780140390513

ISBN-10: 0140390510

ISBN-13: 9780140390513

Edition: 2007

Authors: Booker T. Washington, Louis R. Harlan

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During his unchallenged reign as black America's foremost spokesman, former slave Booker T. Washington treaded a dangerous middle ground in a time of racial backlash and disfranchisement: as he publicly acquiesced to whites on issues of social equality, he fiercely exhorted blacks, through his national political machine, to unite and improve their lot. Though Washington worked ceaselessly, through many channels, to gain moral and financial support for his people and for his beloved Tuskegee Institute, Up from Slavery, his autobiography, helped him at these endeavors more than all other efforts combined. Vividly recounting Washington's life-his childhood as a slave, his struggle for…

Book details

List price: $12.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/7/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.12" wide x 9.06" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.594



Introduction



Notes to the Introduction


Acknowledgments


Suggestions for Further Reading


Note on the Text


Notes