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Memoir

Up from Slavery

By Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington recalls being born into slavery, seeking an education at Hampton, and helping to establish the school at Tuskegee. His account gives attention to the work of building an institution with limited resources. It also sets out his views on practical training and economic advancement, views that shaped debates over Black education.

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Paperback · Dover Publications · ISBN 9780486287386

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Publisher
Bantam Books
Edition date
1901
First published
1901

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