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Up from Slavery [electronic resource] / Booker T. Washington.

ISBN: 9781974999521
ISBN: 1974999521
Physical Description: 1 online resource (303 pages)
Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, 1905.
Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Washington, Booker T., (author.). hoopla digital. (Added Author).

Summary:

First released as a serialized work through a Christian newspaper in 1900, Up from Slavery is the autobiography of the respected late 19th century African-American leader Booker T. Washington. The book describes his experiences as a child born into slavery on a Virginia farm, his struggle to obtain an education at the Hampton Institute, to his rise to prominence in American politics and the African-American community as a political leader and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In non-confrontational terms, Washington calls for black self-reliance as a means to advance in American society. His educational philosophy as outlined in the book stresses combining academic subjects with learning a trade.