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The memoir traces a personal journey from childhood in slavery and postwar boyhood through the struggle to obtain education and the effort to help others. It describes the founding and early challenges of a normal and industrial school, daily hardships in makeshift classrooms, and the practical work of fundraising and public speaking that supported it. Interspersed chapters reflect on Reconstruction, relations between races, and visits abroad. Across the narrative a pragmatic philosophy of self-help, vocational training, and accommodation to social realities is developed, and the book closes with reflections on leadership, education, and the means of progress for a marginalized community.

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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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UP FROM SLAVERY:
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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.