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Up From Slavery (Paperback)
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Up From Slavery (Paperback)
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From a child slave put to hard labor to a college president and
advisor to presidents, Booker T. Washington's autobiography
powerfully describes his journey and what it taught him about the
possible future of Blacks in the United States. This autobiography
is a cornerstone work of African-American literature. Washington
tells of his experience in bondage as a child-slave, the hard labor
he performed in salt mines post-slavery, and the role of his mother
in demonstrating the strength and values that enabled him to
continue to strive and rise above these often brutal circumstances.
His hard-won education led him to become a teacher and build
Tuskegee University with bare minimum resources, much of it
literally one brick at a time. Despite these challenges, and
encountering white opposition to the very concept of educating
blacks, Washington believed that failing to make the university a
reality would be a disservice to blacks nationwide. Inspiring
throughout, the author advocates self-reliance through productive
work, community service, and perseverance, and without bravado
presents himself as a worthy example of how successful this path
can be. His book still generates controversy as his conception of
the rise of blacks through personal industry, leading gradually to
their advancement in society, was deemed by some to be a slow and
costly compromise. Others saw it as an example of pragmatic realism
borne of necessity in the Reconstruction era South. Regardless of
latter-day interpretations, Up From Slavery is a powerful document
of how one man rose to prominence against terrible odds, then used
his success and fame in a sustained attempt to better the lives of
his fellows. This is an indispensable document of Black lives in an
era scarcely more than 100 years in the past and its account of
courage and dedication will not be forgotten. With an eye-catching
new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Up From Slavery is both modern and readable.
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