Up from Slavery

Name: Up from Slavery
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ISBN: 9781612931067

ISBN-10: 1612931065

ISBN-13: 9781612931067

Edition: N/A

Authors: Booker T. Washington

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Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students.…

Book details

List price: $7.77
Publisher: Tribeca Books
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 158
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English