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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

by Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

BookID: 2376

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Tuskegee InstituteWashington, Booker T., 1856-1915African Americans -- BiographyEducators -- United States -- Biography

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"Up from Slavery: An Autobiography" by Booker T. Washington is an autobiography published in 1901. It chronicles Washington's journey from being enslaved during the Civil War to becoming an influential educator. The book describes his struggles to gain education at Hampton Institute and his founding of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Washington advocates for vocational training and practical skills as a path for Black Americans to achieve economic independence and ease racial tensions in the post-Reconstruction South, a philosophy that sparked both acclaim and controversy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:E151: History: America: United States

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