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Title: Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
Author: Booker T. Washington
Release date: October 1, 2000 [eBook #2376]
Most recently updated: September 9, 2025
Language: English
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By Booker T. Washington
This volume is dedicated to my Wife
MRS. MARGARET JAMES WASHINGTON
And to my Brother
MR. JOHN H. WASHINGTON
Whose patience, fidelity, and hard work have gone far to make the work at Tuskegee successful.
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
UP FROM SLAVERY
Chapter I. A Slave Among Slaves
Chapter II. Boyhood Days
Chapter III. The Struggle For An Education
Chapter IV. Helping Others
Chapter V. The Reconstruction Period
Chapter VI. Black Race And Red Race
Chapter VII. Early Days At Tuskegee
Chapter VIII. Teaching School In A Stabl…